Lleyton Hewitt says the great spectacle of the inaugural ATP Cup has put extra pressure on the International Tennis Federation's Davis Cup, which he says struggled with disappointing crowd attendance at its revamped tournament in Madrid.
The ITF partnered with Barcelona footballer Gerard Piqué's business Kosmos to stage the Davis Cup in Madrid in a bid to make it the World Cup of Tennis in 2019.Both Piqué and the ITF have indicated their willingness to merge the Davis Cup and ATP Cup.
"I'm not sure if they'll merge though, to be honest. It's been pretty hard to deal with the ITF for 25 years so I'm not sure it's going to change overnight now," Hewitt said.
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