FILE PHOTO: Switzerland's team members hold the trophy after winning the Davis Cup final against France at the Pierre-Mauroy stadium in Villeneuve d'Ascq, near Lille, November 23, 2014. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
LONDON (Reuters) - Proposals to revamp the Davis Cup into a season-ending 18-team event were backed by national federations at the International Tennis Federation annual general meeting in Orlando, Florida, on Thursday.
The makeover to one of sport's most famous and oldest international men's team tournaments has been a contentious issue within tennis but the ITF's plans to stage a World Cup-style tournament from 2019 received the necessary two-thirds majority from its 210 member nations.
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