The German TennisProfi Alexander Zverev has confirmed almost two weeks after his triumph at Olympia, again not to participate in the "Davis Cup". In the period from 25 November to 5 December, the world ranking will not be in the squad of the German team. Already at the Masters tournament in Toronto Zverev had not started in Tokyo after his time. Since the change in Davis Cup mode, Hamburg has been critical to the tournament since the change of Davis Cup mode and will not compete for Germany this year. Already in April, the 24-year-old had emphasized that his opinion did not change. In 2019, an investment firm had secured the rights to the team competition for football professional Gerard Pique. Since then, the Davis Cup is no longer distributed over the season on weekends with home and away games in the respective countries, but at the end of the season in just under one and a half weeks.