The Davis Cup group stage closes this Sunday (3pm) in Valencia with a Spain-South Korea with nothing at stake for qualifying purposes.
Both teams came into the event eliminated after adding losses in their two previous qualifying rounds.against Serbia and the Czech Republic, and with the only goal not to go home empty-handed, in addition to adding some points to the world ranking by country.
Undoubtedly, it was a bad week for the team he captained David Ferrer. The one from Xàbia made his debut in the worst possible way in a competition where make history As a player.
The reality is different now. The loss of Alcaraz, Nadal and Carreño, added to Roberto Bautista’s lack of competitive rhythm They have severely limited their options when it comes to putting together a competitive team capable of fighting for one of the two tickets at stake for the final stage in Malaga.
Neither Alejandro Davidovich, nor Bernabé Zapata, nor Albert Ramos, the great novelty against Serbia, could not offer their best version and They found themselves overwhelmed by their rivals, unable to even win a single set.
“We’ve lost all the games and we can’t be happy, but I’ve learned to normalize defeats and I’m proud of my team, they tried and we have to accept defeat because it’s part of sports. We have to learn from things we have done worse or better for the initial phase of next year. “Today is a painful moment for me, especially for the players, but I understand and accept it.”indicated Ferrer after the loss against Serbia.
The elimination of South Korea was less painful. The Asian team arrived in Valencia as the ‘Cinderella’ of the group, knowing their chances of qualifying were slim to none.
Like Spain, they were unable to win any of their six games, but They managed to get four in the third set.
Soonwoo Kwon (1) and Seongchan Hong (2) will be in charge of ending Korean participation in this edition of the Davis Cup, while on the Spanish side. It remains to be seen who David Ferrer will choose.
In principle, Everything suggests that Alejandro Davidovich will once again serve as number 1but it is unclear who will be in charge of the series opener.
Against the Czech Republic the honors fell to Bernabé Zapata, who was replaced by Albert Ramos in the match against Serbia. We should also not avoid that Ferrer is making changes in doubles and looking for a different partner than Marcel Granollers because of the bad results obtained with Davidovich.
Italy-Sweden, Great Britain-France and Croatia-Netherlands These are the other three ties that will close the group stage of the Davis Cup this Sunday.
Source: La Verdad
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