With Carlos Alcaraz Already in Malaga after being eliminated in the group stage of the Masters Cup, the Spanish Davis Cup team has three days ahead to get together and organize the best possible combination with a view to that first match of the tie against the Netherlands, the Tuesday the 19th starting at 5:00 p.m.
Even though he doesn’t want to, everything is going to revolve around Rafael Nadal, who says goodbye in a tournament in which he will have the support of his fellow expedition members and half the planet waiting for his goodbye. Alcaraz already said it: “Rafa’s farewell is more important than the Davis farewell, which happens every year.” And the Balearic Islands don’t like that too much. This is how the Spaniard expressed himself, who arrived on Wednesday to get started with the court and so that it is easier for the captain, David Ferrer, to make decisions regarding possible combinations of who will play the singles and doubles.
«More or less a good preparation could be done, that’s why I’m here. You have to see on a day-to-day basis, I haven’t competed for a while. I want to live this week in any way. With the hope of closing a very beautiful and long stage of my life, living these last moments with enthusiasm, normally and from the acceptance that it is a beginning and an end,” admitted the Spaniard in an interview with the Spanish Tennis Federation. . At the moment, he does not know what role he will play in the team, but he does not want to be the center of the tie.
He has not lost any of the ties he has played with Spain, and there have been 20 years of merit and sacrifice for the country. But this Nadal is the one who is 38 years old and has two seasons with half-finished competitions and many breaks due to always inopportune injuries. «If I don’t look ready, I’m the first one to talk to the captain. “I have already told David on many occasions, not to make any decision based on what is my last week as a professional tennis player,” he commented.
He will experience the qualifying round and his farewell in the same way, whether playing singles, doubles or on the bench, the man from Manacor emphasizes. That this competition has been etched into his skin since the beginning of his career: «I think my first great joy as a professional tennis player was the 2004 Davis Cup, that is how the circumstances have turned out. I have been presented with the opportunity to be here. “We have to see how I’m feeling these days in training and if I don’t see myself ready to have a chance of winning the individual, I’m the first one who won’t want to play.”
That is why he points out that any final will be perfect, because it will be as a team, although we are dreaming, why not with the cup in our hands: «There are always options to win, but they are difficult surfaces. I can’t ask for anything more. I am satisfied and grateful. I would like the team to perform well and have a chance of winning a Davis Cup whether playing or cheering from the stands.
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