The 16 survivors are still fighting for the title of Davis cup They already know their opponents in the group stage that will be played from September 10 to 15 in four competition venues, Bologna (Italy), Valencia Spain), Zhuhai (China) and Manchester (Great Britain).
The top two in each group will advance to Final 8 it will happen again Malaga as the venue for the closing party to decide the champion of the ‘salad bowl’, the most important team title in world tennis.
Spain, which will host the group stage that will take place in Pavelló de Sant Lluís in Valenciafell into ‘group of death’as he will have to fight off three tough rivals to secure one of the two slots at stake for the final stage in Malaga, scheduled for November 19 to 24 in Sports Palace of Martín Carpena.
“I don’t think so David Ferrer be very happy The Valencia team seems to be the hardest Australia, Spain, France and the Czech Republic. This is not very good news for Spain, but I think this time they have a good chance to qualify for Malaga,” said the director of the Davis Cup Finals, who is a former Spanish tennis player. Feli Lopez.
In fact, the team led by David Ferrer will have to offer a high level to overcome the test in Valencia. His options will increase if Ferrer can count on the team included Carlos Alcarazthe world number 2 and new champion on Sunday Indian Wells Masters 1,000 after winning well and in succession against Alexander Zverev, Jannik Sinner and Daniil Medvedev.
As last year, the Czech Republic is another of Spain’s opponents, who, without Alcaraz, were eliminated in the group stage after conceding two resounding 0-3 defeats, first against the Czechs and then against in Serbia of Novak Djokovic. His last victory against South Korea (2-1) is no longer important.
Jiri Lehecka22 years old and number 27, is currently the leader of Czech tennis, with two other young players with a good build, Tomas Macac (60º) and Jakub Mensik (70º), 23 and 18 years old respectively.
Australia, runners-up in the last two editions, is led by Alex De Minaur (10th), followed in the rankings by two more experienced players, Jordan Thompson (34th) and Alexei Popyrin (45º). Furthermore, the ‘aussies’ have one of the best pair specialists, Matthew Ebdencurrent world no. 3 in doubles. Max Purcell and John Peers They are also good doubles players.
France is the rival with the most wardrobe, with 10 tennis players in the top-100, the most famous Ugo Humbert (15th), who gave his career a boost at the start of the season with titles in Marseille and Dubai, where he beat Daniel Medvedev.
Additionally, veterans want Adrian Mannarino (20º) or Gael Monfils (47th) joins a new batch of promising tennis players, including Arthur Fils (37th), Arthur Cazaux (74th), Luca Van Assche (80º) or Hugo Gaston (89th). Edouard Roger-Vasselin (12th in doubles) is their best pair specialist.
Conditioned in recent months by the injuries of Rafa Nadal or Pablo Carreño, Spanish tennis now has only six players in the top-100: the aforementioned Carlos Alcaraz (2nd), Alexander Davidovich (28th), Roberto Carballes (64th), Jaume Munar (72nd), Pedro Martinez (88º) and Roberto Bautista (100º). Marcel Granollers He is top-10 in the world doubles ranking (9th).
The current Davis Cup champion, Jannik Sinner’s Italywill also act as hosts in Bologna, where they will meet Holland, Belgium and Brazil.
Davis Cup 2024
Group stage
GROUP A (Bologna, Italy)
Italy
Holland
Belgium
Brazil
GROUP B (Valencia)
Spain
Australia
Czech Republic
France
GROUP C (Zhuhai, China)
Germany
USA
Slovakia
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GROUP D (Manchester, Great Britain)
Britain
Canada
Finland
Argentina
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The* The top two in each group will advance to the Final 8 in Malaga (November 19-24)
Source: La Verdad
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