By Tennis Now Staff | @Tennis_Now | Tuesday, September 12, 2024

Stan Wawrinka has a message for the ITF and Gerard Pique.

Thanks for nothing.

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The man who pair with Roger Federer to assist lead Switzerland to the 2014 Davis Cup championship shared this video of a close to empty Manchester Arena for Switzerland's Davis Cup tie. Wawrinka captioned his social media submit with a sarcastic: "Thank you @3gerardpique, @ITFTennis 🤬🤦🏻‍♂️! @DavisCup France vs Switzerland in Manchester lol."

Thank you @3gerardpique @ITFTennis 🤬🤦🏻‍♂️! @DavisCup France vs Switzerland in Manchester lol pic.twitter.com/XqcqSQEURd

— Stanislas Wawrinka (@stanwawrinka) September 12, 2023

The three-time Grand Slam champion was referring to the International Tennis Federation and Kosmos, led by Pique, who terminated their 25-year, $3 billion Davis Cup deal after 5 years final yr.

The deal radically reconstructed the Davis Cup format largely forgoing the standard home-and away Davis Cup ties.

The new format got here underneath hearth from a number of Davis Cup traditionalists, together with Lleyton Hewitt, John McEnroe, Jim Courier and Wawrinka with some gamers charging the ITF has killed the spirit of Davis Cup and put the longest-running annual workforce competitors in sport in a floundering state.

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