Paris.- Spainwhich will not have Carlos Alcarazrecent winner of the US Open and N.1 of the ATP, and Argentinaled by Francisco closing itthey will seek this weekend in front of Denmark and Netherlandsrespectively, one of the seven tickets at stake to participate in the final phase of the Davis Cup.
The seven winners of these qualifiers (which will be played Friday and Saturday) will fight for the title from November 18 to 23 in Bologna with Italy, classified as host team, in addition to being the current champion of the traditional Nations Tennis Tournament.
After conquering his second US Open (and sixth Grand Slam of his career) on Sunday in Nueya York, Alcaraz alleged “muscular and mental fatigue” not to participate in the tie against Denmark, which will be played in Marbella (Málaga, southern Spain).
Nor will it be the one that should be the Spanish number 2, Alejandro Davidovich (N.20 of the ranking), who also claimed tiredness after his participation in the US Open.
Thus, the N.1 will be Jaume Munar (n.37), which comes from reaching the round of 16 at the US Open (its best result in a Grand Slam), although the tie will not be played on a hard surface as in New York, but on land, where the Mallorcan has the best result this season the round of 16 in Rome.
“Point to point”
In search of the seventh salad bowl, Captain David Ferrer completed the team with Pedro Martínez and veterans Roberto Carballés and Pablo Carreño to face a Denmark led by Holger Rune (n.11).
Initially in the call of Captain Ferrer, Marcel Granollers, recent champion in Doubles del US Open, is low due to an ankle injury.
If Spain has the field factor in favor, Argentina will have to defeat the Netherlands in Groningen, where the Dutch have prepared a hard, fast and interior track, conditions that are not the most conducive to the Albiceleste Navy.
However, the three Argentine “Singgistas” (Ceru, Francisco Comesaña and Tomás Martín Etcheverry) have a better raking than the current N.1 “Oranje ‘, Jesper de Jong (n.79).
Cerúando will be the N.1 although it is not completing a great season, especially since it was eliminated in the first round in Roland Garros, a result that it repeated in Wimbledon.
In recent weeks, he had to retire in the eighths of Canada’s 1000 Masters when he faced Alexander Zverev and fell eliminated in the second round in the US Open.
The tie “will be closed, point to point,” predicted cher. “They and we have solid teams, but neither does none have an important figurine that drives today in the circuit,” added the Buenos Aires.
Fonseca against Tsitsipas
Captain Javier Frana can have at least a good double couple, the one formed by Horacio Zeballos, winner of the US Open forming a couple with Granollers, and Andrés Molteni.
If Spain and Argentina are looking for this weekend to get into the final phase of the Davis Cup, other teams will fight to continue playing next year in the elite.
Brazil will have it complicated, which will feature its young star Joao Fonseca to travel to Athens and challenge the Greece of Stefanos Tsitsipas.
Colombia will also have against the court factor, facing Slovakia in Bratislava, while Chile, Peru and Ecuador will receive Luxembourg, Portugal and Bosnia, respectively.
