The last page of the bestselling book Rafa Nadal began to be written. His arrival in Malaga confirms this. It’s the beginning of the end for him. The Costa del Sol will be the scene of the Davis Cup during which he will hang up his racket, his last tournament in its history.
The Balearic tennis player landed in the Andalusian city accompanied by Carlos Moyahis coach, from Mallorca, where he trained at his academy in Manacor to prepare for the assault on what would be his sixth Saladera. Rafa was received by Feliciano Lopezhis former teammate and current director of the Men’s Tennis World Cup Final.
After landing in Malaga, Rafa went to MartĂn Carpena, venue of the Davis Cup, and will meet the captain. David Ferrer and the rest of the team. This Friday he will train on the track which was set up against the clock this week due to the DANA red alert which prevented the premiere of the Billie Jean King Cup last Wednesday.
To welcome, @RafaelNadal đź‘‹
Rafa has arrived in Malaga where next week he will play his last professional tournament at the #DavisCup ❤️ pic.twitter.com/Hj4Bax7NAq
– Davis Cup (@DavisCup) November 14, 2024
This coincides with the women’s team’s debut at the Women’s World Cup. For the first of the men’s Navy, we will have to wait until next Tuesday, November 19, when Spain will face the Netherlands in the round of 16 of the Final 8 of the Davis Cup. Nadal’s role in this tie is still unknown.
Beyond two two exhibition games in the Six Kings Slamhasn’t competed in an official tournament since he did so at the Paris Olympics. One of the individual matches is for Alcaraz and, for the rest, Baptiste is the main candidate. It is possible that its performance will be doubled, as well as Granollerswhich could be the deciding point in the event of a tie.
