Rafael Nadal, Roberto Bautista, Pablo Carreño, Feliciano López and Marcel Granollers are the five players selected by Captain Sergi Bruguera to form the Spanish team that will play the Davis Cup Finals in Madrid, from November 18 to 24.

These players were the same five that Bruguera cited for the last call of the semifinals of the last edition against France in Lille , although at the last moment Nadal caused low and was replaced by Albert Ramos.

Rafa Nadal will arrive at the Davis Cup as number one , since since November 4 he will lead the ATP world ranking. Together with him Roberto Bautista (10th), Pablo Carreño (35th), Feliciano López (62nd) and Granollers (113th).

Before the Davis Cup, Nadal will compete in the Paris-Bercy tournament and then in the London Masters Cup , which concludes on November 17.

"I worry that Nadal is always well and this year he is doing well at the level of injuries. I think Bercy and the Masters Cup (ATP Finals) will put him much more in shape, and when he arrives here he will have a rest day In addition, the matches are not five sets, but three , and that changes a lot and will be an advantage, "Bruguera said of Nadal during the event that took place on Monday at the Higher Sports Council.

Changes before the start

For this Davis Cup, as a novelty, due to possible injuries since the ATP Finals with the eight best are played the previous week in London, the captains can change up to three players the day before the start of the competition. The qualifiers have a format of two singles and one doubles in a row and are played for the best of three sets.

"I really like this format. It gives more possibilities for great players to play and makes it very attractive . We lose the advantage of being able to choose when we play at home, because we would like to play on the ground, but I think it will be a great show in Madrid and everyone will enjoy it, "said Bruguera, referring to the surface that will be" GreenSet ", the same as that used in London's O2 the week before and placed by the company directed by the Spanish Javier Sánchez Vicario.

Spain will act as a hostess in the competition that will be held at the Caja Mágica de Madrid from November 18 to 24. It has been framed in group B along with Croatia, current Davis Cup champion, and Russia , and will debut on Tuesday 19 against the Russians led by Daniil Medvedev, currently in third place in the Race and fourth in the List of Tickets, Thanks to your spectacular campaign this year.

The remaining participating selections are divided into five other groups . In the A are France, Japan and Serbia; in C Argentina, Chile and Germany; in D Belgium, Australia and Colombia; in E Great Britain, Kazakhstan and Holland; and in the United States, Italy and Canada.

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