The ATP Finals have reached their final stage and it’s time to think about the Davis Cup. Spain is preparing the event in Malaga with the full team after the arrival this Saturday of Carlos Alcaraz from Turin.
The Murcian joined the rest of his teammates and everyone is waiting for his reunion with Rafa Nadalwhom he had not met since the Paris Games.
The moment came in the afternoon at the concentration hotel, where both joined in an affectionate embrace that gave way to a strange comment from the reigning champion of Roland Garros and Wimbledon.
“They have to give you a smaller room” he commented as they left the room with the captain, David Ferrer, and the other three members of the team, Roberto Bautista, Marcel Granollers and Pedro Martínez.
Alcaraz arrived in Malaga in the morning smiling and attended by around twenty fans who approached him to ask for a photo and autograph. After stopping with everyone present, he went straight to the Davis teams’ concentration hotel, the Higuerón Resort in Fuengirola.
The Murcian will defend Spain in the second singles point against the Dutch Tallon Griekspoor, although it remains to be seen if Rafa Nadal will be chosen to play first.
As he expressed after his last loss against German Alexander Zverev (7-6 (5) and 6-4), Alcaraz is now focused on the path to the Salad Bowl, which It will be “very special” because of the retirement of Rafa Nadal, who he wants to say goodbye with the title because he “deserved it for the career he had.”
“This is probably the most special tournament I will play in my career, because of the circumstances and because the Davis Cup is always a tournament that I want to win one day,” he said this Friday.
“For me, representing Spain is one of the greatest things in the world, and having Rafa by your side, knowing this is his last tournament, will make it even more special“, summed up Alcaraz, who faced the chance to win his first Davis Cup with the best Spanish tennis player in history.
Source: La Verdad
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