“With all due respect to Donskoy, he is now not at the level to painlessly replace Rublev and Khachanov ... If Medvedev were on the team, everything would be different. Could compete for the Davis Cup itself. But it so happened that Daniel had to refuse to go to Spain, and Andrei and Karen did everything they could, ”the Izvestia quoted Kamelson as saying.

The Russian team reached the semis of the Davis Cup, where they lost to the Canadian team.

Earlier it was reported that Nadal beat Shapovalov and helped Spain win the Davis Cup.