The Spanish Davis Cup team will bid to win its seventh ‘silver salad bowl’, first since 2019, at the Final 8 in Malaga, which will be held at the Martín Carpena pavilion from November 19 to 24.
This will be the closing of a long and intense season. It comes just after the ATP Finals in Turin, which includes players like Italian Jannik Sinner, German Alexander Zverev and Spanish Carlos Alcaraz, occupying the first three places in the world rankings in that order.
Neither Sinner nor Zverev played in the Davis Cup group finals, where Alcaraz, who led Spain to the final stage where they lost last season, played David Ferrer’s captaincy debut edition, without the Murcian’s participation. . Italy and Germany also reached the quarterfinals even without the help of their respective number one.
The Malaga team is designed from the group stage draw, although it will be next Thursday, November 19, when its final drawing will be known, as it must be decided on the pot where the second classified will go in the group stage.
Spain, who are planning to have their gala team, leaving the option of adding Rafa Nadal to the group, will close the table below as the best in Group B.
They will face the second team from Group A (Netherlands) or Group D (Germany). Better avoid the Teutons, if Zverev and Jan-Lennard Struff join the call. The Dutch have a strong block, but no stars: Griekspoor, Van de Zandschulp, the doubles player Koolkof.
In the semifinals, the last leader of Group D (Canada) or its rival in the quarterfinals, which will be Germany or the Netherlands, will wait. The North American team maintains the 2022 champion structure with Felix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov.
Above, the reigning champions, Italy, are ahead, going through either Australia or Argentina. The transalpines have ammunition in the Sinner room, but also include Matteo Berrettini, Matteo Arnaldi, Flavio Cobolli or the double Bolelli-Vavassori. The ‘Aussies’ lost to Spain with their best formation (Popyrin, Thompson, Kokkinakis, Ebden, Purcell). The South Americans will cause more fear on clay, although they can also compete on hard courts with Fran Cerúndolo or Tomás Martín Etcheverry.
In the semifinals, the United States or its opponent, which is Australia or Argentina. The Americans don’t need Taylor Fritz, Frances Tiafoe and Tommy Paul, who would improve the duo shown in Zhuahi with Mackenzie McDonald and a resurgent Brandon Nakashima.
Everything remains open, waiting to see which numbers join the party, how they will finish the season, and how they will close individually at the ATP Finals in Turin.
Italy-Australia or Argentina (1)
USA-Australia or Argentina (2)
Canada-Netherlands or Germany (3)
Spain-Netherlands or Germany (4)
Semifinals:
Winner (1)-Winner (2)
Winner (3)-Winner (4)
Source: La Verdad
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