Davis Cup has become just another tournament for the current generation of players and the love of playing the ‘World Cup of tennis’ can’t be seen these days, said Rohan Bopanna.

Gearing up to play his final Davis Cup tie against Morocco, Bopanna didn’t make any bones of the fact that the new crop of players are not as passionate about playing the Davis Cup as 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 on Sunday.

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

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

“Davis Cup is all about team camaraderie, spending time with the team, being together. We need to bring it back to have a successful team.”

Bopanna, who made his debut in 2002, does not know how the team has reached this point. “Tennis has become more like a job, not only in the Davis Cup, but in general.

“Everybody is just focused on what they need to do (for themselves) and not really figuring out what is (the) best scenario for the team.”