Spain will not be able to count on the great hope of the Davis Cup team, the tennis player called to fill the void of

Rafael Nadal

, absent due to injury in the Finals of this tournament that began this Thursday.

Carlos Alcaraz

tested positive for Covid and will be low.

Once the news was known, the Spanish team canceled the afternoon training session and the players were confined to their rooms after undergoing a test that ruled out other cases.

Alcaraz, who is vaccinated, was called to play the singles with

Pablo Carreño

, number 1 of the team captained by

Sergi Bruguera

, in the first tie this Thursday, against Ecuador, at the Madrid Arena. After the loss of

Roberto Bautista

, injured in the abdominal area last Tuesday, Bruguera will have to choose between

Albert Ramos

, the man called to relieve him, or

Feliciano López

, who in principle was destined to play only the doubles match against

Marcel Granollers

.

A two-title winner this season, a US Open quarter-finalist after dropping off

Stefanos Tsitsipas

, and with three wins against top-10 rivals in the season of his explosion, Alcaraz, ranked number 32, was ready to go. make his debut in the competition that screened Nadal's career.

Misfortune haunts the Spanish team, which two years ago, on its way to the sixth Davis Cup title, already had to face the loss of Bautista, who had to be absent due to the death of his mother although he was able to return and being a co-star in the final, and Pablo Carreño, also hit by injury.

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