Five years after taking the helm of Spanish tennis, Sergi Bruguera will not renew his contract as captain davis cup. Catalan tennis player and double champion of Roland Garros (1993 and 1994) Ending a phase that started in 2017 and in 2019 led Spain to conquer the sixth Salad Bowl, the first of the new Davis Cup format played at Madrid’s Caja Mágica led by Rafael Nadal, Roberto Bautista, Pablo Carreño, Feliciano López and Marcel Granollers. .

Bruguera led the Spanish Davis Cup team for the last time in the finals held in Malaga in November, when Spain was eliminated in the quarterfinals against Croatia. After qualifying, the former two-time Roland Garros champion left the door open as he left. “I’ve been signing for years, if all players want me to continue, I’m happy to continue”, aforementioned. According to the Marca newspaper, that did not happen.

Bruguera’s options to continue managing the team were few after that. He will start working with the technical director staff from last April. Alexander ZverevWith whom he will continue in 2023.

Despite Bruguera explaining the situation to all Spanish tennis players, even before Roland Garros started, the main players met to assess the situation, which did not do them well because the German tennis player was a direct opponent on the track. . In Paris, Zverev eliminated Carlos Alcaraz and the German came close to beating Nadal before he was forced to leave the match with a broken ankle that put him on the sidelines for the rest of the season.

David Ferrer, nominated

Bruguera was about to be sacked as captain before the group stage of the Davis Cup held in Valencia in September after the US Open, but the Spanish tennis federation, which prepared a letter announcing his resignation, preferred the team. Keeping him in office until the end of the season and after talking to the players.

david ferrer seems the best candidate to take over De Bruguera under the Spanish captaincy. Former tennis player from Alicante, current director of the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell and the recent Davis Cup Finals in Malaga, is a favorite of players most of whom are teammates on the track.