He Spanish Davis Cup team appeared this morning at a press conference, a day before the start of the Final at 8 the biggest tennis tournament for national teams.
The demonstration was attended by the entire Spanish team, including its captain, David Ferrerand the tennis players who will play matches, both singles and doubles, led by the world number 3, Carlos Alcaraz and Rafael Nadalwho will play his last tournament as a professional tennis player before his retirement.
Although everyone spoke, too Roberto Bautista, Marcel Granollers and Pedro Martínez, Everyone is focused on Rafa Nadal’s statements.
The Balearic tennis player, 38 years old and will bid professional tennis farewell to the Davis Cupcame down to the press conference before the debut of the Spanish team that He doesn’t know yet if he will play, although he admitted his desire to play, saying that he did not travel to Malaga with the Spanish team “to retire”, but to try to help the team “win” the Salad Bowl.
“If I’m on the court, I hope I can control the emotions. I’m not here to retire. I’m here to help the team win. This is my last week in a team competition and the most important thing is to help the Emotions will come in end.
His presence on the court, Nadal said that “I’m going to try to prepare as much as possible. The rest is speculation. It will be what it will be. If I am the one on the track, I will do it with the maximum enthusiasm and determination. Everything else is David’s job, which will make decisions taking into account the team that we are used to better in this world, you see, when you put one player or another, the changes are often noticed and you don’t guess what what will happen. maximum on the court and if I have to be outside it will be a difficult competition because of the format and this court will be decided by small details.
Even Nadal He has not played an official match since the doubles quarterfinals of the Paris 2024 Olympic Gamesin the month of August (then he played, in mid-October, the Six Kings Slam exhibition), the Spaniard admitted that “I tried to work as hard as possible for the last month and a half. I’m trying to give everything for this event. When you don’t compete often, it’s hard to keep the level constantly. The improvement is there every day, I believe .”
However, Nadal’s participation is still not confirmed, something the captain, David Ferrer, will decide “tomorrow.”
Source: La Verdad
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