Great Britain and Novak Djokovic-led Serbia awarded wildcards for Davis Cup finals in 2022

ByEurosport

Published 05/12/2021 at 13:48 GMT

Great Britain will be at the Davis Cup finals next year after being handed a wildcard by tournament organisers Kosmos Tennis. Great Britain were knocked out of the 2021 edition at the quarter-final stage. Novak Djokovic and Serbia have also been awarded a wildcard into next year's finals. Stream the 2021 Davis Cup live and on-demand on discovery+

Great Britain have been awarded a wildcard for the 2022 Davis Cup finals.

Great Britain were knocked out at the quarter-final stage of this year's Davis Cup by Germany in Innsbruck on Tuesday and were faced with a must-win qualifying tie in early March to book their place in the finals, but instead they have been handed a wildcard.

"We are delighted to be awarded a wildcard by the ITF and Kosmos into next year's Davis Cup finals," GB team captain Leon Smith said.

Olympic Games Paris 2024

Djokovic hoping to find 'best level' as he talks Olympic, French Open ambitions

Yesterday at 08:41

"All our GB players love coming together for these weeks and are keen to have another crack at the trophy again in 2022."

Serbia, who were knocked out by Croatia in the semi-finals, have also been awarded a wildcard.

"Securing the number one in the world in our Finals, sporting wise, is the right call," Enric Rojas, CEO of Kosmos Tennis, told BBC Sport.

"Novak and the Serbian team were extremely committed this year.

"It was a very, very tough decision to decide the second wildcard. Wildcards are for securing the best potential teams with some kind of threat of not qualifying, and we thought that having GB secured would be the right decision."

Highlights: Evans downs Gojowczyk to give Britain lead over Germany in quarter-final

• Medvedev vs crowd: The sequel - Davis Cup finals diary
• Swiatek splits from coach Sierzputowski after almost six years

Next year's finals will be contested by 16 teams over 12 days and could conclude in Abu Dhabi. Davis Cup organisers Kosmos have proposed a five-year deal with the Middle Eastern state which is subject to approval from the ITF.

Russia face Croatia in the 2021 final on Sunday at 15:00 UK time.

- - -

Stream the 2021 Davis Cup and the 2022 Australian Open live and on-demand on discovery+

Tennis

Madrid Open: Are Nadal, Djokovic, Alcaraz and Raducanu playing?

17 hours ago

ATP Monte Carlo

‘Not a great season’ - Djokovic reacts to Monte Carlo loss, as Ruud says 'he's human'

13/04/2024 at 22:26

ATP Monte Carlo

'In a state of shock' - Ruud upsets Djokovic to make Monte Carlo final for first time

13/04/2024 at 19:36