carlos alcaraz he will head the Spanish team against Canada this Friday with the aim of providing Qualification for finals davis cupThe world tennis competition, which will be held in Malaga from 22 to 27 November. Despite the tremendous effort made at Flushing Meadows, the 19-year-old Murcia player made every effort to help the National Team seek the legendary ‘Salad Bowl’ title.
This Thursday morning, Carlitos returns to practice on La Fonteta’s center court. He did this for an hour and a half, and his feelings in training were positive with Pedro Martínez Portero of Valencia. As a result, both Spanish captain Sergi Bruguera and his team, led by Juan Carlos Ferrero, evaluated their readiness for action after their success at the US Open, where they lifted their first Grand Slam by winning the final on Sunday. Norwegian Casper Ruud.
If Canadian captain Frank Dancevic does not change his plans and the logical order of the matches an hour before the draw starts, Alcaraz will face Felix Auger-Aliassime. This will be the clash between the highest ranked players facing Valencia in the Davis Group B dispute. Since Monday, the new trick will be the most attractive play to be seen in the entire group stage with Carlos Alcaraz.is divided into four locations. Trained by Toni Nadal, Aliassime ranks thirteenth in the world.
Only two top 10 are participating in the current group stage. In addition to Alcaraz, the British Cameron Norrie (8th). And just eight top 20. Between 11th and 20th positions, Jannik Sinner (11th), Taylor Fritz (12th), Matteo Berrettini (15th), Marin Cilic (16th) and Diego Schwartzman (17th), Auger -In addition to Aliassime. Like Alcaraz, Sinner and Cilic were unable to perform on the first day due to overstrain in New York. And others, such as Frances Tiafoe or Rafa Nadal, refused the invitation of their country’s captains. A sample of Carlitos’ will not to miss his date with Davis.
The only precedent between Alcaraz and Aliassime was at the US Open 2021. Therefore, the Spanish player had to retire due to a muscle injury (6-3 and 3-1). In excellent form months ago, Canada’s number one is not in top shape today and Davis’ slowness of the court in this group stage is working against him. On Tuesday, the 22-year-old Canadian fell in sets to South Korean Kwon (7-6, 6-3).
Goalkeeper Roberto Bautista Agut, who captured the second spot in the victory against Serbia, will face Vasek Pospisil in the first match of the day, which will start at 16:00 in principle. (#Vamos de Movistar + ) . Then, apart from a physical setback in today’s practice session, Alcaraz will face Aliassime. Marcel Granollers and Pedro Martínez would play a doubles match. The Valencian tennis player trained between 11:30 and 12:30 on Thursday, next to ‘Carlitos’ and under the gaze of Bruguera and the coaching staff of both players. Later, Roberto Bautista, Albert Ramos and Marcel Granollers did it on court 2.
Spain qualified for the Finals in Málaga after their big 3-0 victory over Serbia as the top two in each group passed. A win against the Canadians would have settled the transition and made Sunday’s matchup with South Korea just a formality.