Keep promises, urges Federer

– While unsure of the wisdom of this week’s sweeping Davis Cup reform, Roger Federer has called on tennis officials to make good on promises regarding the new-look competition.

“I feel sad about it, you know, not to have the Davis Cup as it used to be. It will never be the same for the next generation,” the 20time Grand Slam winner said on Saturday.

“I just hope every penny of that mass of money will be paid for the next generation,” Federer said.

Federer won the Davis Cup with Switzerland over France in 2014 and played almost uninterruptedly from his 1999 debut until the age of 34 in 2015.

“I’m all for innovation, and got to give them a chance to some extent. It will be interesting to see how it will work.” –