Rafa Nadal will play again with Spain in the Davis Cup 2024. The Balearic tennis player, who has not competed since Paris Olympic Gamesreturns to the call, in which he will form together with Carlos Alcarazthe other pillar of the Spanish team in the assault on the Final at 8 of the Daviswhich is celebrated in Malaga from November 19 to 24. In addition to Nadal and Alcaraz, veterans will also compete for Spain Marcel Granollersinsurance for the doubles, Pablo Carreño and Roberto Bautista.
This Monday was the day in which the International Tennis Federation had marked to announce the provisional teams for the Final 8 of the Davis Cup. Spaindue to the potential presence of Rafa Nadalpresented the greatest interest of the eight contenders who remain alive in the draw. The Manacorí surpassed his two major objectives in 2024but it will be able to put the ideal culmination to the campaign and who knows if to his sporting career in a competition like the Davis Cup which he has won five times in his career.
In a press conference at the headquarters of the Higher Sports Council, the Spanish Davis Cup captain, David Ferreraccompanied by the president of the CSD, José Manuel Rodríguez Uribes and the head of the Royal Spanish Tennis Federation, Miguel Diaz Romangave the list of those summoned for the Final 8 in Malaga, where Nadal He became, as expected, the main protagonist.
Spain It is one of the great favorites to conquer the Salad bowl champion in the Davis Cup 2024since, in addition to being the host, it has in its ranks the current number 3 in the ATP singles ranking, Carlos Alcaraz, and the number 1 in doubles, Marcel Granollers. Add to Rafa Nadal to the list, as well as Carreno already Baptisttwo insurances as they demonstrated a few days ago in Valencia, causes that together with the current champion, Italythe Spanish team, local to Malaga, is a strong candidate in this Davis Cup.
The format of the Davis Cup leaves direct knockouts from the quarterfinals, a round in which Spain faces the Netherlands, a nation with solid tennis players in both singles and doubles, but whose reach should be far from the talent that the Spanish team, captained with David Ferrer. If you go to the semi-finals, Spain would be measured against the winner of the Germany-Canadawhile the most likely rivals for a hypothetical final at the Martín Carpena, scheduled for November 24, would be Italy or the United States.
