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Wimbledon conducted its draw Friday, and for the first time past grass-court success was not a special factor in the seedings.
It has been a long road to this moment, but then Wimbledon, the oldest of all the major tennis tournaments, has no shortage of history.
Started in 1877, it took 50 years to begin seeding players and nearly 100 more for the All England Club to decide that it would adhere exclusively to computer rankings for the men instead of using a seeding committee or a grass-court seeding formula.
“I think it’s the right thing to do,” said Mark Petchey, a coach and former player from Britain who is now a television analyst. “At the end of the day, tennis is very much a meritocracy, and you should definitely get the reward for the matches and the tournaments you’ve played before.”
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Croatia will play Australia and Hungary in the Davis Cup Finals in Turin, Italy.
The venues for the Davis Cup Finals have been announced with Madrid, Innsbruck and Turin to host the first ties of the 2021 Davis Cup Finals on Thursday, November 25th.
Croatia will meet Australia first up on November 25th, before facing Hungary three days later on November 28th.
“The scheduling of the ties has been carefully designed to ensure a level playing field for all participants, including those who will have to travel due to their progression in the knockout phase,” Davis Cup director Albert Costa said. “There will be equality across all the groups and without doubt every match will be very exciting. The teams are planning to bring their best players and we are absolutely certain that this will be an event that will bring the annual tennis season to a spectacular close.”
Madrid, Innsbruck and Turin to simultaneously open the 2021 Davis Cup by Rakuten Finals
· Canada, Australia and France all in action on the first day of the Finals.
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The cities of Madrid (Spain), Innsbruck (Austria) and Turin (Italy) will simultaneously host the first ties of the Davis Cup by Rakuten Finals 2021 on Thursday 25 November. The multi-site format, which is being introduced for the first time this year, will see each venue host two competition groups during the group stage, with Innsbruck and Turin hosting one quarter-final, and Madrid hosting the remaining two quarter-finals. The Spanish capital will also stage the two semi-finals and the final.
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