Tiley 支援するs 部隊d Cup まっただ中に 批評
Tennis Australia 長,指導者 Craig Tiley has 開始する,打ち上げるd a 猛烈な/残忍な defence of the 部隊d Cup まっただ中に grumblings about the fledgling event from players, 含むing the 広大な/多数の/重要な Rafael Nadal.
Dead rubbers, 大部分は meaningless 関係, a convoluted schedule and player 撤退s have led to 批評 of the new mixed teams tournament 存在 行う/開催する/段階d as a 重要な lead-up to the Australian Open.
Nadal's 長,指導者 beef was his Spanish outfit 存在 out of the running to 前進する to the 4半期/4分の1-決勝戦 after 落ちるing behind 3-1 against 広大な/多数の/重要な Britain, (判決などを)下すing the mixed (テニスなどの)ダブルス and then five matches against Australia as dead rubbers.
"Putting things in 視野 (for) this 競争, I find a 消極的な point," the 22-time (野球の)満塁ホームラン,(テニスなどの)グランドスラム 支持する/優勝者 said after his upset loss to Australia's Alex de Minaur in Sydney on Monday night.
"競争 is 広大な/多数の/重要な. Idea is 広大な/多数の/重要な. It's not 広大な/多数の/重要な that today we are playing for nothing.
"It's the first year of this 競争, so that's the 肉親,親類d of thing that we need to 直す/買収する,八百長をする, to 改善する, and to make it more 利益/興味ing for everyone."
However, Tiley 主張するs the event has already been a 激怒(する)ing success.
"The 部隊d Cup's 絶対 fantastic," the Australian Open boss said on Tuesday.
"If you watched last night, we've had 十分な stadiums, we've had over 120,000 people already go through the gate. Yesterday, 40,000 people in one day in Perth, Brisbane and in Sydney.
"That's remarkable - we've never had that. It (警官の)巡回区域,受持ち区域s most major tennis events around the world for one day's 出席.
"So (it is) unbelievably successful, 広大な/多数の/重要な, 肯定的な feedback from the players."
Tiley's glowing end orsement of the 部隊d Cup will come as a 失望 to those calling for a return to the 伝統的な summer program of Australian Open lead-in ATP and WTA tournaments in Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide.
But he did 譲歩する some tweaking may happen, and it is understood making the mixed (テニスなどの)ダブルス matches 保証(人)d live rubbers next year is already under discussion.
Nadal sat out the mixed (テニスなどの)ダブルス against 広大な/多数の/重要な Britain after Spain were already doomed, but said he would have played had the rubber been live.
"We'll do a debrief (on) what can be 改善するd for 2024," Tiley said.
"It's important to know that we 発表するd this event five weeks before we started about a five-week run-up to 配達する on this event.
"Everyone 手配中の,お尋ね者 us to only do it in 2024, and we made a 決定/判定勝ち(する) to do it in 2023.
"So I'm proud that the team's pulled together what they pulled together.
"It's going be a 広大な/多数の/重要な event. It's going to finish really strong in the 決勝戦 in Sydney."