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The new Davis Cup may not have one of the sensations of the season, the Russian Daniil Medvedev due to "fatigue" that has accumulated in recent weeks. This was confirmed by the team captain, Shamil Tarpischev , in statements to the newspaper of his country Kommersant .

The number four of the 4 of the world will therefore be low last minute in the tournament that takes place in Madrid from November 18 to 24, after chaining three defeats this week in the London ATP Finals. In addition, Kommersant has indicated that the Russian team will perform in the Magic Box only with Karen Kachanov, Andrey Rublev and Evgeny Donskoy .

Those three players will face the players of Spain and those of Croatia, in Group B of the initial phase of the championship. There is a circumstance that Marin Cilic , the great trick of the Croats, also reported on November 7 his absence in Davis because of several knee problems. Instead, he will jump to the Nino Serdarusic or Borna Gojo track.

Nadal is already in Madrid

Who has already arrived in Madrid is Rafa Nadal, after falling eliminated in London. "We are already in Madrid. See you around here," says world number one smiling as soon as he arrives at the hotel where he is staying in a video distributed by the RFET. The Mallorcan leads the Spanish team completed by Roberto Bautista, Pablo Carreño, Feliciano López and Marcel Granollers.

The Magic Box has been hosting the new Davis Cup since Monday, which has definitely left behind tradition, clashes and qualifiers in the middle of the circuit and throughout a year, to concentrate the entire competitive battle in just one week. The qualifiers will not be five games, but three and the matches will be played three games. All in one week: from the Monday that the group phase will start, until the following Sunday, when it will be the final. Eighteen teams, divided into six groups of three, begin the path for the throne that Croatia achieved last year in the last edition of the old-fashioned tournament.

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