Spain will be in the Davis Cup 2024 Final 8 and after the confirmation of the ranking of last Friday, this Sunday, the team, without having to count on Carlos Alcaraz nor with Roberto Bautistadefeated a power like Australia in a triumph led by Pablo Carreno in the first match and closed by the double pairformed by Pedro Martínez and Marcel Granollers, who overthrew specialists Purcell and Ebden in three sets.
win at France stamped the ticket Malaga but it was necessary to play the last round and Spain he met Australiaalso classified Davis Cup Final 8. In the usual format, of two singles and the decisive double, the Spanish team presented notable changes. In place of Roberto Bautista and Carlos Alcaraz, heroes against the Gauls and the Czechs, they entered Pablo Carrenowho would be number two, and Pedro Martinezimprovised number one and, ultimately, doubles partner of Marcel Granollers.
Australia has also changed, in its case, to number two, number 29 in the ATP ranking, Jordan Thompsoninstead of Kokkinakis. Pablo CarrenoSpanish number two, had his chance and although things did not start well for the Asturian, a new return awaited him in the Saint Louis Fountainto the delirium of those present.
Carreno He managed to overcome the initial 2-6 and tied the match, with the same score, around the hour and a half. It would be even more epic on the part of Pablo, who did not give up with a score of 4-1 in the third set and came back, on the wire, to give the final blow to Thompson in the third set. The numbers of the first point for Spain were 2-6, 6-2 and 7-6 as the final result.
Triumph of Carreño and the double
The ovation for Pablo Carreno was majestic, on par with the performance of another veteran resurrected for the Davis Cup. After 15 months of injury, the Asturian shows that he is an asset to take into account for the Final 8 in Malaga. The next round was for Pedro Martinezwho was not the favorite against Alexei Popyrin and he was unable to face the hard-court power of a tennis player who has already won a Masters 1000 this year and Novak Djokovic at the US Open.
Martinezwho measured himself before losing 6-4, 6-4 against Popyrinewould be the one chosen by David Ferrer form a pair of doubles with Marcel GranollersThe Spanish couple would have the challenge of facing two experts of the couple as Ebden and PurcellBut the push of the fans and the relationship of Pedro and Marcel in their fourth match together meant that the final victory remained in the hands of the Spanish team, with another comeback and a result of 5-7, 6-4, 6-4. Spain will be in Malaga and he does it as leader of the Group B from Valencia, in an absolute success of the week.
