THE Davis Cup return to Spain with the dispute of the group stage, which in the case of the national team quadrant takes place in Valence. The Spanish team led by David Ferrer I won’t be able to count on Rafa Nadalthe main absence in a lineup that includes tennis players like Roberto Bautista, Pablo Carreno and the current Grand Chief of the Navy, a Carlos Alcaraz who aims to play only singles, since his doubles partner in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games will not be able to defend on this occasion Spain in Davis, one of his favorite tournaments.
Rafa Nadal At the start of the season, she made the decision to focus on two major objectives in her tournament schedule. The first of these was Roland Garroswhere bad luck in the draw and poor preparation due to injuries at the end of the year led to failure. Then came the Paris Olympic Gamesin which the taste in the mouth was good despite the defeat in the quarter-finals of the doubles competition with Alcaraz.
From then on, Nadal He decided to take a break, during the summer he is spending with his family, before embarking on new goals, or even a retirement, the date of which is still uncertain. Rafa first resigned from his participation in the US Openwhere it was pre-recorded, and therefore its absence in the Davis Cup for the group stage dispute, between the September 10 and 15 and with Spain competing in a complicated group with France, Australia and the Czech Republic in the Fountain of San Luis in Valencia.
Nadal’s possible return to the Davis Cup… in November
Nadal I could still play Davis Cup in 2024in what would be his almost certain farewell to the tournament and the competition for Spain. In the event that the national team, led in Valencia by Carlos Alcaraz, manages to overcome the group stage, it would access the Davis 8-man finalwhat is disputed in Malaga in November, and Rafa Nadal could be rescheduled in this new call.
How many times has Rafa Nadal won the Davis Cup with Spain?
Rafa Nadal He is one of the best Davis Cup players in tennis history, both for his performances and his importance to his country. Spainas well as the titles won throughout his sporting career. Nadal has up to five salad bowls of Davis Cup Championwith a 15-year gap between the first, the one collected in 2004and the last conquered in 2019 in the inaugural edition of the new tournament format, promoted at the time Gerard Pique through his defunct company, Kosmos Tennis.
Rafa Nadal Davis Cup titles
Tennis players who will make up the Spanish Davis Cup team in 2024
Rafa Nadal’s absence means that Carlos Alcaraz to be the undisputed leader of Spain team in the Davis Cup 2024 Group StageThe 2024 Roland Garros and Wimbledon champion aims to play singles matches as number one, while the number two position will be reserved for Roberto Bautista or for Pablo Carrenotwo seasoned veterans of this type of competition. Pedro Martinez And Marcel Granollersthe latter, a doubles specialist, completes the team.
