Lucknow, Sep 15 (PTI) Davis Cup has become just another tournament for the current generation of players and love of playing the ‘World Cup of Tennis’ can’t be seen these days, says Rohan Bopanna, who did not mind tweaking his own game to share the court with legendary Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi in the prestigious event.

Gearing up to play his final Davis Cup tie against Morocco, Bopanna didn’t make any bones while admitting the new crop of players are not as passionate about playing the Davis Cup compared to ones from the bygone era.

“It has become too mechanical to just come, play and leave,” says Bopanna who is set to quit Davis Cup this coming Sunday.

A bit agitated, he feels Davis Cup has become just another tournament for the current generation of players.

On the other side, Davis Cup is one tournament where it is believed across the globe that rankings won’t matter every time. Even the tiny tennis nations sometimes succeed in flooring the behemoths.

And that belief came from the team unity, proper planning and passionate support coming from the bench and the teammates who would shout their hearts out to support the player on the court from the sidelines.

“There used to be fantastic team atmosphere, which has been kind of lost in the last couple of years. And we need to bring that back,” Bopanna told

Source: PTI News