David Ferrerdirector of the Davis Cup group stage that will be held in Valencia from the 13th to the 18th of this month, pointed out that it would be “amazing” if Carlos Alcaraz came into the tournament as world number onean option within his reach and he will ensure without relying on what Casper Ruud will do if he wins the US Open, a tournament where he has now secured a pass to the semifinals.
The Davis Cup group stage will feature Valencia as one of its four venues and the tournament will be held at the Fuente de San Luís pavilion, where Along with Spain, the national teams of Serbia, Canada and South Korea will compete, in search of two tickets for the final stage which will be held in November in Malaga.
“It would be amazing if he arrived as a Grand Slam winner and number one in Valencia to play Davis Cup“, said Ferrer at the presentation ceremony of the contest at the Palau de la Generalitat.
The extenist taught that he did not believe that Alcaraz could drop out of the Spanish team despite his demanding effort in the New York tournamentwhere for the first time he reached the semifinals of a Grand Slam.
“I don’t think it’s low, the idea is that Carlos is focused on himself and will be here with us and there is no news about it,” said Ferrer, who confirmed the low Spanish team due to the injury to Alejandro Davidovich , Novak’s Djokovic in Serbia and revealed that he will finally be able to play top-ten like Félix Auger-Aliassimer in Canada.
Ferrer commented Playing the Davis Cup “is always unique because it is a team competition and having the support of the public makes it even more special, in this competition I lived the best moments of my career. You compete for your country and not for yourself and that makes it special. In Spain we will have a difficult group but I think it will be good for tennis and the fans.”
The presentation ceremony was also attended by representatives of the three Valencian public institutions, the president of the Generalitat, Ximo Puig; the mayor of Valencia, Joan Ribó and the president of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, Toni Gaspar.
Puig emphasized the role of the Kosmos company “in stimulating the contest, which is necessary” and that means “the Valencian Community loves tennis, we are one of the federations with more people practicing this sport. Thanks to tennis, an opportunity has been opened to explain what is the land of these opportunities , friendly for investment and for visits, open and dedicated to the best values that tennis represents. We hope that this edition will be successful and will also continue in the city for years to come.”
For his part, Ribó, indicated that “we like the challenges of major sporting events but more to promote the popular sport and one of the best ways to promote it is to bring main event. Our goal is to strengthen the local economy and the international projection of the city, with responsible management shared by the administrations. We hope that Valencia will be the talisman to lead Spain to enjoy new successes “.
In the end, Toni Gaspar recalled that three months later “Davis in Valencia is a fact that, there are months of intense work to bring this international event. We will rise to the occasion, Valencia is a land of tennis, with big names , and next week thousands of fans will show that Valencia is the cradle of the best tennis in the world”.
Source: La Verdad
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