Carreño, Bautista and Granollers and another player to be determined who will not be Rafa Nadal will accompany the Murcia
As scheduled, Carlos Alcaraz of Murcia will lead the Spanish Davis Cup team in the closing stages to be held at the Martín Carpena Pavilion in Malaga from November 22 to 27 without the presence of Manacor’s Rafa Nadal. Pablo Carreño, Roberto Bautista and Marcel Granollers join the world number one on the list provided this Monday by captain Sergi Bruguera, which is still missing a fifth tennis player who the Catalan will announce shortly before the start of the competition.
The fact that that player has yet to be defined could apparently open the door for Nadal, who has only competed in the Laver Cup in recent times before saying goodbye to Roger Federer and is currently enjoying his recent fatherhood. However, it was Sergi Bruguera himself who ruled out that possibility. “At the beginning of the year he already told me that I should not count on him, that he will not be for the Davis Cup. It always has been, but this time it won’t be. You have the right to choose,” the Catalan explained.
Croatia, Spain’s quarter-final rival on November 23, travels to the Costa del Sol with everything: Marin Cilic, Borna Coric, Borna Gojo, Mate Pavic and Nikola Mektic. The concern of the Balkan captain, Vedran Martic, is to know how Coric will gain weight, who still has a sagging shoulder and has not played since Tokyo.
Coincidentally, Spain will enjoy the presence of two of these players in the Turin Masters Cup, which will take place from November 13-20, just before the Davis Cup Finals. They are Alcaraz in singles and Marcel Granollers in doubles.
Source: La Verdad
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