Carreño vs Rune: Spain Open Preview & Prediction

The Asturian Pablo Carreño He will play this Saturday (12:30 hours) against Danish Holger Rune, world number 11, the first match of the Spain – Denmark of the second qualifying round of the Davis Cup that will be played in Marbella, followed by the duel between Jaume Munar, also chosen for the doubles, and Elmer Moller.

Spain will fight for a position in the final phase of the Davis Cup this weekend in the beaten land of the Marbella Roman Bridge Tennis Clubwith the matches already determined after the draw held this Friday in this town from Malaga.

Pablo Carreño, who was number ten in the world in 2017 and currently occupies the 123rd position, will be the first to fight for the first point for the Spanish team against the great trick of Denmarkthe eleventh of the ATP Holger Rune ranking, former world of the world.

The Gijon tennis player, at 34, arrives physically and has the maximum confidence of the captain David Ferrer In a first assault that will be played this Saturday on the Central Marbellí track at 12:30.

Precisely after this game will be the turn of the best classified of the Spanish team, the Balearic Jaume Munar (37 of the world), which will fight for the second point against Elmer Moller, on step 113 of the World Circuit.

For Sunday the other three matches of the tie to the best of five are set, starting with doubles, where Spain will once again have Jaume Munar with Valencian Pedro Martínez (67 of the world). A couple who already began to congenize during the open doors on Thursday.

Denmark, to deal with tandem munar-Martínez in this third crossing that will begin on Sunday at 11:30 on the central track, will go with August Holmgren y Johannes Ingildsen.

In this way, David Ferrer, captain of the Spanish team, has chosen three of his four selected players and leaves Roberto Carballés without participation, while Christian Sisgaard It is the Danish discard for the moment.

Spain will try to eliminate Denmark in an even tie in which David Ferrer Go to his team “a more favorite tad” if “competes well”, after dealing with up to three casualties: those of Carlos Alcaraz and Malaga Alejandro Davidovich, for tiredness; and the double Marcel Granollers, for injury.

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