Panatta furious with Piqué: "He already destroyed the Davis Cup and now he wants to remove something else"

In response to Gerard Piqué's new proposal regarding the second serve, Adriano Panatta has reacted.

AFP

Arthur Millot

le 02/12/2025 à 07h31

1 min to read

Panatta

Every time he speaks, Gerard Piqué knows how to stir up a storm.

This time, the former FC Barcelona defender has put forward a radical change: eliminating the second serve in tennis.

"If you miss the first serve, it's a point for the opponent. Why serve twice? People don't want to see that. They want to see action."

A statement that, unsurprisingly, immediately ignited tennis fans and observers.

Panatta fires back: "Here's Piqué, drop it, you don't understand"

Adriano Panatta, a legendary figure in Italian tennis, is among them. And in La Domenica Sportiva, he stated:

"There's a former Spanish player, a Spanish gentleman, who is trying his hand at tennis. He wanted to organize the Davis Cup and completely destroyed it.

And now he wants to remove the second serve? Here's Piqué, drop it. You don't understand."

A direct tackle, aimed squarely at Piqué's revolutionary vision.