You may not know it, but right now the Davis Cup is taking place. But a new Davis Cup formula, which is now played over a week and in one city: Madrid, Spain. In France, on the television side, the Davis Cup went from public service to TMC, which has been broadcasting tennis matches since Monday.
We can not say that the matches create the same popular craze as in the previous format. 107,000 viewers in front of their TV on Tuesday for hearings so rather bad. The stands, too, are largely empty in Madrid.
"Fill rates are very low"
Is this format already condemned? For Arnaud Clément, former captain of the team of France who is now part of TMC's consulting team, this is not really a surprise. "I had decided on this format and I was a strong supporter of the 'against' Now it's like that, so we'll see what it will give," he says at the microphone of Europe 1 "You have to give the product a chance, even if I'm skeptical about the bookings, except for the sold-out Spanish games, the fill rates are very low," says the consultant.
Regarding the competition, the Blues have won two games and lost a face to Japan so far. Their next meeting will be to follow Thursday, against Serbia.