Espaa, once eliminated from the final phase of the Davis Cup 2021, is already looking to the future. In 2022 Abu Dhabi could take over from Madrid and the national team is preparing for a profound renovation once it has been the best team of the early 21st century..
Carlos Alcaraz will be the new team leader replacing Rafael Nadal. The base of the new Navy, next to the Murcian, It will be made up of names such as Alejandro Davidovich, the great absentee in Sergi Bruguera’s list for this edition of the tournament by passes, and Pedro Martnez.
The Valencian, at 24, has already been able to experience what it is and what it means to be summoned. He replaced Alcaraz, positive for coronavirus, although he did not have the opportunity to become the 76th Spaniard to debut in the World Team Championship.
One of the players most affected by the defeat against Russia was Feliciano López and not only because he had chosen the individual that faced Andrey Rublev in his favor. The 40-year-old from Toledo knows that it was the last train for him in the competition that led him to touch the glory five times.
I wanted a sixth silver salad bowl at home, but it couldn’t be. “I’m screwed because he sees me in quarters,” he said. The Russian Tennis Federation closed the door on him. A single set marked the difference between the classification of Serbia and that of the reigning champion.
“I will not say the names, but from the Serbian team they were sending us messages of support during the series with Spain“, Daniil Medvedev confessed to the conclusion.
The Madrid public has run out of their team, but from tomorrow they will be able to see the two best tennis players on the planet live.
Novak Djokovic, world number one, landed yesterday in Madrid from Innsbruck. The Serbian likes the 820 meters high of the city. Not surprisingly, the last time he was here he was crowned at the Mutua Madrid Open.
Decision on Bruguera
The Board of Directors of the Spanish Tennis Federation, with its president Miguel Daz at the head, must decide the continuity of Bruguera on the Spanish bench.
The barcelons, champion of Roland Garros in 1993 and 1994, debuted in office in 2018 against Great Britain at the Puente Romano Tennis Club in Marbella. She replaced Conchita Martnez, who had replaced Gala Len, who did not make her debut.
By results and hierarchy, the next on the list of future selectors will be Juan Carlos Ferrero, who was already in the pools when Bruguera was chosen and even when Carlos Moy entered in 2014.
The debt with Ferrero
Ferrero is currently Alcaraz’s coach, a new winner of the Next Gen Masters and one of the revelations of the season on the ATP circuit at just 18 years old. The tennis player from El Palmar, in fact, was the great attraction of Spain’s squad in the Davis Cup 2021 until he tested positive for coronavirus last Thursday and was forced to withdraw. A day later he was transferred in a medicalized car from Madrid to Murcia and followed the group stage on television. Faced with so many setbacks, Bruguera only has words of admiration for his players: “I am proud of everyone for the level they have given. I give them a 10 because they have competed like animals.” Spain could receive an invitation this Sunday to avoid playing an uncomfortable playoff in March.
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