david ferrer signed as captain of the Spanish team of Davis cup for three seasons, debuting currently. You already know that you will have rivals, in Valencia from September 13 to 18, Serbia, Czech Republic and South Korea. Two places are in contention for the Malaga Finals, the final bid for the ‘silver salad bowl’.
There’s still time to go, but he’s keeping the vigilance and contact with players he can count on in his premiere. Except for what he considered almost a “little brother”, even though he was the right age, Feliciano Lopezwho retired, the others are in the Alicante pool, having hung up the racket four years ago.
A good part of their eyes are focused on Manacor, and not only as captain of the Davis Cup, but also as sports director of Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell-Conde de Godó Trophywhich will be held at RCT Barcelona-1899 from April 15 to 23.
“Rafael Nadal is training hard. We don’t know if he will make it to Monte Carlo or not (April 9-16), but he will definitely be in Barcelona,” he says, flanked by Miguel Diaz president of the Spanish Tennis Federation (RFET), and sports director Javier Soler, at the organization’s headquarters in Barcelona.
“He will arrive in good condition for the clay court tour, I have a lot of confidence in him for Roland Garros. He will not have physical wear and tear later,” said Ferrer.
Ferrer’s first call, to Nadal
In September, depending on how Nadal’s fight “to be the best in history”, on the response of his body, now 37 years old, they will study if they can see themselves in Valencia, now as captain of the player and not teammates. “He was very easy,” said Ferrer, who acknowledged that he was the first to call to tell him he was captain. “He didn’t answer me, then he called me,” he says amused. call later Juan Carlos Ferrero“because I don’t have Carlos Alcaraz’s phone number.”
Alcaraz, Granollers, Carreño, Bautista, Davidovich…
“It’s fun to have Alcaraz, which proves that there is a special mind, takes the pressure and keeps the number one in the world”, indicates David Ferrer, emphasizing the figure of Marcel Granollers for doubles, although “the ‘singles’ have also shown that they are good at the Olympic Games or Davis. Alcaraz could be one of them.”
Of Pablo Carrenobattled elbow tendonitis, trusting it’s healing well, as well Roberto Bautista restore regularity to your results. And he liked it very much Alexander Davidovich.
“We have the players to win the Davis Cup, but it depends on many things,” he concluded.
Source: La Verdad
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