Rafael Nadal they won 29 of the 30 individual matches played in the Davis Cup. The only loss came on his debut, against Jiri Novak at Brno 2004. He has five ‘silver bowls’ in his cabinets. An impressive palmares decorated with Finals of Madrid 2019, in the premiere of the new format promoted by Gerard Piqué’s company Kosmos, who led the team to victory, winning their five ‘singles’ and the three doubles in which they participated. A show of leadership.
He never returned to the team he captained Sergi Bruguera Since. “The captain has known for months, since the start of the season, that I’m not an option this year,” Nadal explained in Turin, worrying that “it can’t be with what happened in the last five or six month of the year. last”, when he was afraid to leave because the pain in his left foot, acute injury, became unbearable until treatment was received after the last Roland Garros.
“If I represent my country, I must do it with full passion, full confidence and full spirit as I did in 2019 in Madrid. And this year I cannot be at this level,” he said.
At 36, the options dwindle. “I don’t know what may happen in the future, but I’m getting old. Even if I want to be everywhere, I can’t. It’s not certain that I can play in Davis cup“.
This leaves a question mark, although it opens the door to a return for a desire of sentimental origin. “I want to say goodbye to this great competition by playing, but we will see what the future holds.”
Spain lined up at Martín Carpena in Malaga, from November 22 to 27, to Pablo Carreno, Roberto Bautista, Albert Ramos, Pedro Martinez and Marcel Granollers. Carlos Alcaraz He was out due to injury. In the quarterfinals, on Wednesday the 23rd, they will meet a strong rival, Croatia.
Nadal assessed that “we have Roberto and Pablo. They are top players. Many countries want to have them in their teams. They have the ability to beat everyone. Although, obviously the options are less than if Carlos will be there.”
Source: La Verdad
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