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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
Eleanor Crooks

ITF partnership with Gerard Pique’s Kosmos group for Davis Cup ends prematurely

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The controversial 25-year deal between the International Tennis Federation and Gerard Pique’s Kosmos group to run the Davis Cup is ending after less than five years.

In announcing the partnership in August 2018, Kosmos founder and former Barcelona and Spain footballer Pique promised to plough three billion US dollars into tennis and said the deal secured the future of the historic competition, which began in 1900.

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