• Mess with the Davis Cup schedules.Critics, Canada is 'erased' from the doubles and Spain ends at dawn

While the central track Manolo Santana roared with the doubles formed by Feliciano López and Marcel Granollers , Rafa Nadal appeared at a press conference after his victory against Khachanov . The organization had rectified hours before the initial rule that forced players to wait for the end of the last point to appear before the media. Otherwise, both Roberto Bautista and Nadal himself should have waited until two in the morning to attend to journalists.

The world number 1 joined the general complaint about the schedules, which are causing the doubles matches to end after one in the morning. On Tuesday, specifically, Feliciano and Granollers closed their victory at 1:39. "I already predicted it when the format came out. The schedules are bad for the fans and for the tennis players . The people the next day work. The only bad thing for me of this format is that at almost one in the morning the last game begins. It is a problem thinking of the players, the teams and the public, "snapped the Spaniard, who tied the tie against Russia after the defeat in the first turn of Bautista.

But in addition to criticizing the schedules, Nadal offered the organization a solution: " The question would perhaps be, even if it is an early riser, to start the morning games a little early and we at 5:00 pm or 4:30 pm."

In the same tuning was Sergi Bruguera , who appeared on the last turn. "It is clear that something has to be done; you cannot finish the early morning games, " said the Spanish captain, who in the qualifier on Wednesday against Croatia could surprise with some novelty in one of the two individual duels.

Already about two in the morning Feliciano and Granollers appeared, who also joined the general complaint. "The competition schedules are not the best because if a match was extended this could happen, although it is what it is. We have a more compressed week but all the groups are the same and it does not serve as an excuse," Feliciano said.

Another of the clearest when criticizing this situation has been Lleyton Hewitt , captain of the Australian team: " These schedules change your sleep and feeding pattern because the boys have to receive treatment after the games and there is almost no margin for Recovery". Australia faces Belgium this afternoon in a direct duel for the first place in Group D and, everything indicates, that the day will be extended until dawn.

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