‘Tough to Consider Them Legitimate’ – American Star Andy Roddick Calls Out Gerard Pique’s Davis Cup Over Canada’s Preferential Treatment

Canadian Davis Cup team recently reached the last eight of the tournament, despite losing in the qualifying rounds back in March this year. The former American tennis player Andy Roddick was not very happy with the new rule, as he feels Canada received preferential treatment.

Notably, FC Barcelona defender, Gerard Pique, and his Kosmos Group took over the Davis Cup, one of the oldest tennis tournaments, back in 2018. After taking over, they revamped the format, which has now helped the Canadian team.

Andy Roddick is not happy with the Canadian team making the last eight in the Davis Cup

Earlier, the former US Open champion, Andy Roddick took to Twitter and wrote, “Canada was given a wildcard into this round after losing to qualify for this stage ….. tough to consider them legitimate if they win this whole thing.“

It is worth noting that the Canadian team got a wild card entry to the tournament because of the ban on Russian and Belarusian teams. Earlier in March, the Canadian Davis Cup team lost in the qualifying rounds against the Netherlands. However, they received a wildcard, which put them in the group alongside Spain and Serbia. It prompted Roddick to get into a discussion with other Twitter users regarding this situation.

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“Just one less team in the draw. Unfair to the field if someone has lost in that years competition already. Like losing first round in a tour event and then getting granted access to the third round,” Roddick opened up about the situation.

Later, Roddick talked about giving Ukraine a chance in place of Russia. Moreover, he talked about not giving wildcards to a team who had already lost in the earlier rounds. Many fans brought the ‘lucky-loser’ point in tennis and Grand Slam tournaments and in reply, Roddick said, “That’s fine because there’s precedent in place. LL’s have always been in place. WCs into further round of DCup when you’ve lost in previous stages of that years competition havent.”

Teams are gearing up for the quarter-finals of the Davis Cup 2022

Meanwhile, all eight teams are set to travel to Malaga in November for the quarter-finals of the Davis Cup. Earlier, the host nation, Spain, beat South Korea to grab a place in the last eight. The new world no.1 Carlos Alcaraz lost to the Canadian star Felix Auger-Aliassime in his last match. However, he defeated Kwon Soon-woo of South Korea to ensure Spain’s qualifying for the last eight.

Notably, the knockout stage will start on the 22nd of November and the final eight teams are Spain, Canada, Italy, Croatia, Nederlands USA, Germany, and Australia. In the last eight, Italy will face the USA while Germany will go up against Canada. The host nation, Spain, will face Croatia, and the Nederlands team will face the Australian team.

Do you think Canada will win the Davis Cup? Do you agree with Roddick that Ukraine should’ve granted a wildcard instead of Canada?

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