Spain team unchanged for Davis Cup

Spain’s Davis Cup captain Alex Corretja says he is making no changes to the defending champions’ team for the finals.

MADRID: Spain’s Davis Cup captain Alex Corretja said he is making no changes to the defending champions’ team for the finals against Czech Republic.

With Spanish number one Rafael Nadal sidelined by an injured left knee, David Ferrer, Nicolas Almagro, Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez will be on court for the November 16-18 clash in Prague’s Arena. Corretja is thus making no changes to the quartet he sent into battle for the quarter-finals and the semis.

Ferrer spearheads the campaign, after becoming the first Spanish winner of the Paris Masters tournament on Sunday. “Ferrer’s leadership has been important in Nadal’s absence despite him saying at the start of the year he was not planning to play,” said Corretja.

“He has accepted the challenge and now we are in the final.”

Published in The Express Tribune, November 6^th, 2012.