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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