I hope they never give Goran Ivanisevic this job! He doesn't deserve it. Talk about selfish - forcing the very successful Davis Cup winning captain into a position where he has to resign and then refusing to take the job and leaving the team hanging.
From The Australian: Ivanisevic snubs Davis captaincy, again
FORMER Wimbledon champion Goran Ivanisevic refused again overnight to take over captaincy of Croatia's Davis Cup-winning team, national radio reported.
Ivanisevic talked to the president of the Croatian Tennis Federation Radimir Cacic and told him that he would not change his previous decision.As a result, Croatia will be led by player-captain Ivan Ljubicic for the opening tie of their title defence against Austria in Graz from February 10 to 12.
The 26-year-old Ljubicic replaces Niki Pilic who resigned after being captain for five years.
Ivanisevic was set to take over from Pilic under an agreement reached before December's historic final victory over Slovakia.
But later the 34-year-old announced he was to put his captaincy bid on hold.
Local media speculated that Ivanisevic's U-turn was triggered by Pilic's plans to stay with the team as his assistant.
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