Carlos Alcaraz will lead Spain in opposition to Novak Djokovic’s Serbia subsequent month within the Davis Cup group stage after Rafael Nadal wasn’t named to the Spanish workforce on Monday.
Nadal is about to return to competitors at this week’s hard-court event in Cincinnati after an belly damage triggered the 22-time Grand Slam champion to tug out of Wimbledon forward of the semifinals. The damage additionally stored him out of this month’s occasion in Montreal, one other hard-court warmup occasion earlier than the U.S. Open, which begins in New York on Aug. 29.
Spain and Serbia additionally play Canada and South Korea in Valencia, considered one of 4 European cities internet hosting the group stage from Sept. 13-18. The opposite cities are Bologna, Hamburg, and Glasgow.
Former world No. 1 Andy Murray will play within the event for the primary time since 2019 after being named to Britain’s workforce that may face the USA, Kazakhstan, and the Netherlands in Scotland. Second-ranked Alexander Zverev, who had surgical procedure in June to restore torn ligaments in his proper ankle, will lead the German workforce in Hamburg in opposition to France, Belgium and Australia.
Marin Cilic, the 2014 U.S. Open champion, will lead Croatia in opposition to Italy, Argentina, and Sweden in Bologna. The highest two groups from every group advance to the knockout stage in Malaga on Nov22-27
