World No. 1 Jannik Sinner and No. 3 Carlos Alcaraz might face off within the Davis Cup closing this November, supplied that each Italy and Spain advance by the ultimate eight.
Each have been named of their respective nations’ squads for the Davis Cup Finals, which is able to happen from November 19-24 in Malaga, Spain.
Rafael Nadal, a 22-time Grand Slam champion, is a part of the Spanish crew, whereas Germany can be with out this yr’s French Open finalist Alexander Zverev. Former Wimbledon finalist Matteo Berrettini, in the meantime, didn’t make the reduce for defending champions Italy.
The eight finalists — Italy, Argentina, the USA, Australia, Germany, Canada, Spain, and the Netherlands — introduced their squads following the draw for the occasion, carried out on Monday, September 23.
Italy will play Argentina and the USA will play Australia within the high half, whereas Germany face Canada and Spain tackle the Netherlands, in a doable rematch of the 2024 Paris Olympics doubles tie. Nadal and Alcaraz, dubbed ‘Nadalcaraz,’ received a match tiebreak towards Tallon Griekspoor and Wesley Koolhof after Koolhof near-singlehandedly dragged the Netherlands by one other tiebreak to win the second set.
Sinner is accompanied by Lorenzo Musetti, Flavio Cobolli, and the specialist doubles pairing of Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori, this yr’s U.S. Open blended doubles champion alongside fellow Italian Sara Errani. Alcaraz and Nadal are supported by Roberto Bautista Agut, Pablo Carreno Busta, and their very own doubles specialist, Marcel Granollers.
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The USA, in the meantime, recall Taylor Fritz, Tommy Paul, and Ben Shelton, all of whom missed qualification in September after their U.S. Open exploits, by which Fritz reached the ultimate. Rajeev Ram and Austin Krajicek, who eradicated Nadal and Alcaraz from the Olympics in a show of doubles mastery, will hope to be an element.
For Nadal, who pulled out of the U.S. Open and Laver Cup, it’s his solely present confirmed occasion for the remainder of 2024. He stays ambiguous concerning the form of his profession by the yr and into 2025, with no choice but made on whether or not or not it is going to be his final. He has not performed because the Video games, by which he rallied within the second set of his singles match towards Novak Djokovic to keep away from being routed by his former rival on the peak of the game.
The Davis Cup Finals will cross over with the Billie Jean King Cup Finals, additionally to be held in Malaga, between November 13-20.
Full Davis Cup Finals squads by nation
Argentina
Sebastian Baez
Francisco Cerundolo
Tomas Martin Etcheverry
Maximo Gonzalez
Andres Molteni
Captain:Guillermo Coria
Australia
Alexei Popyrin
Jordan Thompson
Thanasi Kokkinakis
Max Purcell
Matthew Ebden
Captain: Lleyton Hewitt
Canada
Felix Auger Aliassime
Denis Shapovalov
Gabriel Diallo
Alexis Galarneau
Vasek Pospisil
Captain: Frank Dancevic
Germany
Jan-Lennard Struff
Yannick Hanfmann
Kevin Philipp Krawietz
Tim Puetz
Captain: Michael Kohlmann
Italy
Jannik Sinner
Lorenzo Musetti
Flavio Cobolli
Andrea Vavassori
Simone Bolelli
Captain: Filippo Volandri
Netherlands
Tallon Griekspoor
Botic van de Zandschulp
Jesper De Jong
Wesley Koolhof
Captain: Paul Haarhuis
Spain
Carlos Alcaraz
Roberto Bautista Agut
Rafael Nadal
Pablo Carreno Busta
Marcel Granollers
Captain: David Ferrer
USA
Taylor Fritz
Tommy Paul
Ben Shelton
Rajeev Ram
Austin Krajicek
Captain: Bob Bryan
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