Carlos Alcaraz tests positive for Covid and leaves the Spanish Davis Cup team in the picture

The Murcian, who is vaccinated, was ready to debut in the competition this Friday against Ecuador. Bruguera must choose between Ramos or Feliciano to complete the singles.

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Espaa I will not be able to count on the great hope of the Davis Cup, the tennis player called to fill the void of Rafael Nadal, absent due to injury in the Finals of this tournament that began this Thursday. Carlos Alcaraz placeholder image tested positive for Covid and be low. Once the news was known, the Spanish team canceled the afternoon training session and the players were confined to their rooms after undergoing a test that ruled out other cases. The rest of the team tested negative.

“I was very excited to represent Spain in Madrid, with our fans, but sometimes things don’t go the way you want and you have to overcome. I feel fine, with weak symptoms and we will see how I progress. Much encouragement to the whole team, be cheering from television, “said Alcaraz on his Instagram account.

Alcaraz, who is vaccinated, was going to play the singles with Pablo Carreo, number 1 of the team that captains Sergi Bruguera, in the first tie this Friday, against Ecuador, at the Madrid Arena. After the discharge from Roberto Bautista, injured in the abdominal area last Tuesday, Bruguera must choose between Albert Ramos, the man summoned to relieve him, Feliciano Lopez, who in principle was only going to play only the doubles match with Marcel Granollers, O Pedro Martnez, drafted from emergency.

Winner of two titles this season, a quarterfinalist at the US Open after leaving on his way to Stefanos TsitsipasAnd with three victories against top-10 rivals in his blast season, Alcaraz was ready to make his debut in the competition that projected Nadal’s career.

Misfortune haunts the Spanish team, which two years ago, on its way to the sixth title of the Davis Cup, already had to face the loss of Bautista, who was absent due to the death of his father although he was able to return and be co-star in the final, and Pablo Carreo, also struck by an injury.

Rivals

Spain, framed in Group A, should not have problems to overcome Ecuador, whose best man, Emilio gmez, is number 149 of the ATP and moves through tournaments challengers. The situation against Russia, the favorite to raise the glass on the 5th, which will be measured on Sunday. With two players in the top five of the ladder, Daniil Medvedev, number two, and Andrey Rublev, five, Aslan Karatsev, 18, and Karen Khachanov, 28, the group that leads Shamil Tarpischev it seems unapproachable for this weakened Spain.

There are 18 countries that dispute the tournament in three venues, Madrid, Insbruck and Turn, distributed in six groups. The leaders of each of them and the two best seconds qualify for the quarter-final crosses.

Pedro Martnez, 60, is a 24-year-old Valencian player who played his first final on the circuit at the ATP 250 in Kitzbuhel last summer. He had never been called up for Davis. Without Nadal, sixth in the ranking and winner of 20 majors, Bautista, 19, and Alcaraz, 32, Spain suffers a tremendous qualitative decline

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