Despite the absence of

Rafael Nadal

,

Spain

will have a high - flying team in the

Davis Cup Finals

that will be played from November 22 to 27 at the

Martín Carpena Pavilion in Málaga

.

Sergi Bruguera chose

Carlos Alcaraz, Pablo Carreño, Roberto Bautista and Marcel Granollers

on Monday , waiting to add a fifth man.

The

number 1 in the world

will thus be flanked by a group of qualified players, all of them winners of the competition.

Pablo Carreño returns to the team, absent due to injury last September in the qualifying phase that was played in Valencia.

Spain will face

Croatia in the quarterfinals

, which ranks first in the

International Tennis Federation

(ITF) ranking.

The crossing will be held on November 23, just three days after the final of the

ATP Finals

, a tournament for which Alcaraz and Nadal, who is number two in the world, are classified.

The Balkans, two-time Davis champions, have veteran

Marin Cilic

, number 16 in the world, and

Borna Coric

, 27th, who won the

Cincinnati Masters 1000

last summer for individual matches.

Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic

are a real guarantee for the double point, revalued since the series are played to the best of three games.

Six-time champions of the competition, most recently in 2019, Spain would meet

either Australia or the Netherlands in the semi-finals

.

On the other side of the table the confrontations will be

Italy-United States and Germany-Canada

.



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