“Nadal’s retirement by winning the Davis Cup would be the best thing ever”

The president of the Royal Spanish Tennis Federation (RFET), Miguel Díaz, stated this Monday that the presence of tennis player Rafa Nadal “enhances” the Spanish team for the Davis Cup Finals, a tournament in which it would be “the most more” send off the Balearic player with a title, an objective for which they are “favorites”.

“We are very excited about a great team, and it is a great opportunity to win the seventh Davis Cup. Rafa Nadal is going to come on top, that makes the team great. Being able to reach that retirement with a title is the best. We are going to enjoy some qualifying rounds with a lot of emotion,” said the president in a Digital Meeting on the upcoming Davis Cup Finals organized by Europa Press with the support of ‘Lexus’.

Díaz highlighted the Balearic’s career, with 22 ‘greats’, “eclipsing” other figures of this sport such as David Ferrer or Feliciano López. In addition, he will share a team with Carlos Alcaraz, something “fantastic for the Spanish public.” “God has come to see us. Good players will also come behind Alcaraz. We are very excited about Carlos, if his injuries allow it,” he celebrated.

“We are one of the favorites along with Italy and the United States. We have a great team to have real chances. Then surprises can happen, but we have a very good team,” added Díaz, who recalled that Spain “is the most successful country in the century.” XXI” in the Davis Cup, a tournament that “80% of the countries have not won.

However, the president believes that it will be “a difficult competition” for the Spanish team, which “is harmed by the conditions, being an indoor and fast track”, but “Spain is always there.” “We have a handicap: not being able to play the finals on clay, because many favorite countries get stuck on that surface,” he warned.

And Díaz believes that the current format “is not ideal”, although he explained that his change came “because the ‘top’ players did not go to the competitions.” “Spain has been the host since 2019. If I had played all the finals in another country I would have complained. The normal thing is that fans from different countries also have the possibility of seeing their players,” he reflected.

The Davis Finals, from November 19 to 24 in Malaga, will coincide with the celebration of the Billie Jean King Cup at the La Cartuja Stadium in Seville, from the 12th to the 20th of the same month. A competition to which Paula Badosa arrives after a “spectacular” end to the season that “gives hope” to Díaz. “We have a great doubles team. Swiatek has said that he will come to play against Spain and that will make it a little more difficult, but we have options,” he analyzed.

“Tennis is one of the few sports in which men and women earn the same amount. That the BJKC and Davis are equal in prizes is very good,” Díaz applauded about gender equality in tennis.

Finally, he praised the work of Feliciano López as director of the Davis Finals. “He is the living history of our tennis. He is the player who has played in the most ‘Grand Slam’ tournaments in a row in the world. He represents the values ​​of commitment, he always put the interests of playing for Spain ahead of his own. He always We were left with a little thorn in the fact that he didn’t win Wimbledon,” he concluded.