The captain of the Spanish team in the Davis Cup, David FerrerCarlos Alcaraz will be honored this Saturday at the Fuente de San Luis pavilion in Valencia to play in the group stage from September 10 to 15.
“We are lucky to have the commitment that Carlos made to want to be here,” said the former Xàbia player, in an interview with the Spanish Federation media.
“Having a player with the qualities of Carlos Alcaraz is something that everyone wants. We have a very good team, not only with Carlos but with Marcel Granollers, who is number one in the world in doubles, Roberto Bautista, Pablo Carreño, Pedro Martínez, who had a great year. “I’m very happy to have them,” he said.
The man from Alicante declared that “the first sensations have been good” and said that he saw “the players are excited and a good atmosphere in the team.” there are many of us,” he noted.
“If the first round goes well, it will help a lot for the dynamics of the team to face the next rounds. We will try to win, but we want to get points. If you win the first round, by adding three points you have a good chance of qualifying,” he explained.
In addition, Ferrer said that they will go “every day” and promoted that “every player” will have “his important moments”, although he said that he was only thinking about the first crossing.
“I only focus on the Czech Republic. I analyze, I visualize the players we will face and from there we will try to do the best possible,” he added.
Spain are in a group with France, the Czech Republic and Australia and only two will progress to the Final Eight in Malaga in November.
“There are a lot of doubles in this format of the Davis Cup (two singles are played and one doubles which will break the tie in case of a tie), it is very clear to me who will be the doubles partner, I am lucky to have a player from the stature of Marcel Granollers, who has great experience and is number one in the world,” he concluded.
Spain will play the first match on Wednesday, September 11 against the Czech Republic starting at 4:00 pm The next is on Friday the 13th against France also at 4 pm and will close their participation against Australia on Sunday the 15 from 11 am.
Source: La Verdad
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