The Davis Cup Final Eight is complete and coming to Malaga this November will be one big head: Rafael Nadal.
The last time each player saw the court was during the paris 2023 Olympics where he played the singles event and lost to Novak Djokovic in round two, and Carlos Alcaraz in a doubles quarterfinals.
Although Nadal has not officially announced his retirement, there has been no clear timetable given – but as normally, there are common assumptions the Davis cup of this year could be his last.
The 38-year-old Spaniard will be in action, along with Alcaraz, Roberto Bautista Agut, Pablo Carreno Busta, Marcel Granollers, and under the management of David Ferrer, as Spain look for the seventh title of the Davis cup.
Italy and USA boast full strength Davis Cup teams
It won’t be so easy for Spain to win their first title since 2019 since Italy and USA have also announced strong squads for the championship.
After having been key to winning in 2023, Jannik Sinner is back with the Italian Davis Cup team whereas US Open finalist Taylor Fritz joins Tommy Paul and Ben Shelton to the USA squad.
On the other hand, countries like Germany and Australia will be without the services of key players like Alexander Zverev and Alex de Minaur respectively.
Let’s take a look at the restorative and competition levels as well as the squad pattern for all the eight herbicides with antinuclear activity in the table below. Are you ever tired of night hunting? Would certainly not be.
Italy
- Jannik Sinner
- Lorenzo Musetti
- Flavio Cobolli
- Andrea Vavassori
- Simone Bolleli
Argentina
- Sebastian Baez
- Francisco Cerundolo
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry
- Maximo Gonzalez
- Andres Molteni
USA
- Taylor Fritz
- Tommy Paul
- Ben Shelton
- Rajeev Ram
- Austin Krajicek
Australia
- Alexei Popyrin
- Jordan Thompson
- Thanasi Kokkinakis
- Max Purcell
- Matthew Ebden
Germany
- Jan-Lennard Struff
- Yannick Hanfmann
- Kevin Kraweitz
- Tim Puetz
Canada
- Felix Auger-Aliassime
- Denis Shapovalov
- Gabriel Diallo
- Alexis Galarneau
- Vasek Pospisil
Netherlands
- Tallon Griekspoor
- Botic van de Zandschulp
- Jesper de Jong
- Wesley Koolhof
Spain
- Carlos Alcaraz
- Roberto Bautista Agut
- Rafael Nadal
- Pablo Carreno Busta
- Marcel Granollers
The events are scheduled to be held in Malaga from 19 until 24 November, 2024.
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