Sydney, Australia) – Australian tennis legend Todd Woodbridge tried his luck against the Davis Cup hosts after his country’s side lost to Canada in the final. He questioned the Canadian achievement and recalled that they would not have been champions if they had not received an invitation from the organization to the group stage.
“I’m going to look like a bad loser, but I really don’t care. Canada shouldn’t even be in the final. They lost in April and then had a second chance to play in this event,” Woodbridge said on the radio. wide world of sportsrecalling that the Canadians lost to the Netherlands in the qualifying round and only advanced to the group stage after the Russian suspension.
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“You can’t win the Davis Cup a second chance, you have to try again next year, but they have a serious asterisk in their name which is unfortunate. I guess the ITF would like Australia to win the competition If we change the rules in the middle of the year, we don’t keep the same values as before,” the Australian said.
According to Australian media, Woodbridge had already criticized the ITF’s decision to give the Canadians another chance in March, when it was defined that they would take the place left by the punished Russians after the invasion of the Ukraine. At the time, the former professional tennis player said the decision was a “shame”.
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