American Pete Sampras defended his decision not to play the Davis Cup tie against the Czech Republic in Prague over Easter weekend.
The Americans, without any of their big names players, were beaten 3-2 by the Czechs in the quarter-finals of the World Group.
Sampras, however, defended his decision to stay away saying: 'Like in the past I wasn't planning on playing the first two rounds.
'It is pretty much impossible to commit to every match and Tom [Gullikson] understands. That would be too much tennis for me to handle, especially if it is the same year as the Olympics.
'But maybe if the Davis Cup is played once every two years, I can see myself being more committed.' The shock American defeat has given world number two Sampras an unexpected extra two weeks holiday this year.
Sampras, who did not go to Prague in favour of having a rest ahead of the Salem Open and next week's Tokyo Open, had originally committed himself for the Davis Cup semi-finals and final.
But the United States - without their best players like Sampras, Andre Agassi and Michael Chang - crashed out of the tournament when MaliVai Washington was beaten 7-6, 6-3, 6-2 by Petr Korda in the decisive match.