Malaga host this Wednesday the draw for the group stage of Tennis Davis Cup Finalsorganizers have confirmed the four countries that will host the competition from September 12 to 17: Italy (Bologna), Great Britain (Manchester), Spain (Valencia) and Croatia (city to be assigned).
The four host teams will lead the four groups in contention, of four teams each with the all-vs-all group to decide the two classifieds for Final 8 to be held in Malaga from November 21 to 26, when the new Davis Cup champion will be crowned. Canada defend the title.
Spain will act as a local in Valencia and will have Serbian of Novak Djokovic his main rival. The Spaniards and Serbs will be favorites to advance to the final stage in Malaga against Czech Republic and South Koreathe other two teams to complete group C.
Djokovic, world number 2, is the leader of the Serbian team and his participation in Valencia, as in the current king of the ranking, the Murcian Carlos Alcarazor of Rafael NadalThis will greatly enhance that team’s stage. The new Spanish Davis Cup captain, david ferrerhas said that he is talking to the two of them to have them in September if the circumstances are suitable.
In addition to Djokovic, Serbia currently has four other players in the world top-100, Miomir Kecmanovic (35th), Laslo Djere (58th), Dusan Lajovic (76th) and Filip Krajinovic (77th). On the other hand, only the Czech Republic is in the top 100 ranking Jiri Lehecka (44th), same as South Korea with soonwoo kwon (75º).
The Davis Cup is the most traditional and prestigious team competition in the world of tennis which has experienced a particular earthquake in recent months when the contract between International Tennis Federation (ITF) and the company Cosmos by Gerard Piquethe proponent of the format change, due to their economic disagreements.
Source: La Verdad
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