Nadal can with everything

• Davis Cup: Canada ends the Russian resistance and sneaks into the final
• Baptist. Messages during the qualifying round of Spain against Argentina: "This victory is for him and his family"
• Semifinals: Nothing bends Evans and matches the crossing with Britain

Nadal rose above himself and led Spain to its tenth final of the Davis Cup. Immeasurable in the outcome of the game, the world number 1 starred in one of those actions that should no longer surprise us, but that they continue to do so because only he is able to overcome himself in each dispute. Doing tandem with Feliciano López surpassed the British couple formed by Jamie Murray and Neal Skupski by 7-6 (3) and 7-6 (8) in two hours and seven minutes. In an open fight at all times, the host team lifted four balls that would have resulted in the third set. Nadal emerged to save the most delicate of all, a volley by Jamie Murray that rescued from the subsoil to then connect a smash in the center of the track. In an effervescent atmosphere, fueled by the game and the attitude of the Mallorcan, in permanent emotional connection with the fans, the British couple ended up almost trembling, devoured by the power of their rivals. Logical, and just at the same time, is to tend to personalization, because it is difficult to imagine the happy outcome for Spain without Nadal's superlative contest. Few reproaches can be made to Feliciano, bright and erratic at the same time, with enough fortitude to overcome his defeat against Kyle Edmund in the first game of the tie, but the night came back to Nadal.

Once again entrusted to him, Spain played the future at dawn, with the Magic Box in combustion, crossed fervor between the local fans and the well-nourished British colony. This time, if possible, the company was more difficult than before Argentina. On the other side of the net, at the head of the British couple was the oldest of the Murray, Jamie, with a business card that includes two greats among his 23 specialty titles. With Andy, who has only played one game during the week, participatory on the bench, the team led by John Smith was trying to make Edmund's victory good, then countered by Nadal against Evans. Again world number 1 doubling efforts, last night with Feli as a squire.

Three lefties on the court. Next to Jamie, Neal Skupski, the only right-hander, with whom he came to win the three games on the way to the semifinals. Pure double as well, of those who dedicate themselves to this exclusively. It was not enough to break the resistance of a Spain that clung to its leader, whose contagion effect brought out the best of Feliciano at times. The first set also moved in narrow margins, with a break option from Spain on Skupsky service, with 2-2, and another from Great Britain on Nadal serve, 6-5 above the hosts. None consummated and the outcome in the tie break, more refined the premises. It is not enough to know the springs of the game better in pairs, that Jamie goes quickly to the crossroads and flies on his back like Laudrup himself, in a football analogy. In the main stadium of the Magic Box was an insatiable competitor like Nadal, who still does not give up his service throughout the tournament and is handled with enormous resolution in all sets, which already has 31 consecutive victories between singles and doubles in this competition, something that nobody has ever achieved.

The sequence is repeated. Nadal, also decisive in the doubles match against Argentina, was again in the semifinals against Great Britain, after beating Daniel Evans 6-4 and 6-0, in an hour and 24 minutes, after Feliciano Lopez, the third number two used by Sergi Bruguera throughout this week in the Magic Box, fell in front of Kyle Edmund 6-3 and 7-6 (3). The rival will be the surprising Canada (4:00 p.m.), which will set its first final.

Champion in 2000, 2004, 2008, 2009 and 2011 and defeated in 1965, 1967, 2003 and 2012, Spain again bids for the Salad Bowl, seven years after losing in Prague against the Czech Republic. The presence of Nadal, absent on that occasion, places the team that captains Sergi Bruguera as a clear favorite. There is a dangerous void in number two, which neither Roberto Bautista, reincorporated to the concentration after leaving her due to the death of his father, nor Pablo Carreño, injured yesterday in the warming, nor Feliciano López have managed to cover. But Nadal can with everything. His point in the singles seems assured, with the utmost respect for Denis Shapovalov, who has already managed to beat him. And if you need to reach the doubles match, we already know how you spend them.

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