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Reluctant to the new Davis Cup format since its inception, Novak Djokovic has changed his mind and will be part of the Serbian team that will play the tournament from November 18 to 24 in Madrid . «We have fantastic news: Novak will play. I have had the opportunity to speak with him in New York, ”said Nenad Zimonjic , coach of the Balkan team, in a statement. «It is a huge reinforcement . I am proud that he will return to the team after a long absence, ”adds the legendary doubler, 43, who is still active.

Djokovic's last participation in the Davis Cup was in April 2017 , when Serbia defeated Spain in Belgrade in World Group quarters. Although up to 20 days before the start of the new Davis, the revolutionary project of the company Kosmos, chaired by Gerard Piqué , the definitive nominations will not be known, the competitive climate is taking temperature after the initial suspicion shown by some of the players of the top ten

Rafael Nadal, friend of Piqué, was the only one to defend the new Davis from the beginning and to confirm his participation, against the resistance, in this definitive case, of Roger Federe r, whose concerns, just turned 38, are concentrated in another direction. Switzerland, however, did not even qualify for the final phase of 24 teams. Alexander Zverev , who has already confessed that he will be in the Maldives and always expressed his radical opposition, will not be part of the cartel either .

With Djokovic and Nadal at the helm, the tournament, which will also host Madrid in 2020 , was born with enormous strength. Both will come to play the Masters Cup, which will be played in London from November 11 to 17. Pending decisions as the tournament approaches, players like Marin Cilic, Kei Nishikori, Fabio Fognini or Canadians Felix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov will be available to the captains. The competition is structured in six groups of three teams. The first of each of them and the two best seconds intersect in the quarterfinals, with all the games to the best of three sets. Serbia is in Group A, next to France and Japan. Spain, in B, next to Croatia and Russia.

Djokovic began his participation yesterday at the US Open , where he is looking for his fourth title. Champion of the Wimbledon and the Australian Open, the number 1 in the world has won four of the last five Grand Slam tournaments and aspires to conquer his seventeenth major , with which he would be placed one of Rafael Nadal and three of Roger Federer. He had no problems in his debut, against the Spaniard Roberto Carballés , who won by 6-4, 6-1 and 6-4 , to achieve his eighth consecutive victory in a tournament where he defends the cup won last year against Juan Martín del Potro .

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