Mathieu Warnier, Media365: published on Sunday November 3, 2024 at 7:30 p.m.
While Rafael Nadal will end his career at the end of the final phase of the Davis Cup, the captain of the Spanish team David Ferrer assured that the Majorcan will be present in front of his audience.
Rafael Nadal prepares his last dance. Organized in Malaga, the final phase of the Davis Cup will be the last meeting in the career of the “Bull of Manacor”. Alongside Carlos Alcaraz, the latter will be the spearhead of a Spain team determined to shine in front of its home crowd and which will meet the Netherlands on November 19 in the quarter-finals. His captain David Ferrer has no doubts about the competitiveness of the player with fourteen titles at Roland-Garros. “I have a lot of confidence with Rafael Nadal because I have lived with him my entire career and I know his honesty whether he sees himself capable of competing or not,” he confided in comments collected by the daily Mark. My idea after talking to him is that he is ready to play. » While the native of Manacor has been rare on the courts, his last outing dating back to the “Six Kings Slam” organized in Saudi Arabia, David Ferrer assured to be in regular contact with the player and his entourage but leaves himself time reflection before deciding to make him permanent.
Ferrer will decide at the last moment
“I will decide in Malaga, when I see how he trains. But the same thing will happen with the rest of the players, affirmed the Spanish captain. If Rafael Nadal trains at a good level and is in good physical shape, this is an alternative, of course. » Asked what would be the best end to his career for the “Bull of Manacor”, David Ferrer first confided that he would be “very satisfied if he ended happy and playing well”. However, in his eyes, “the ideal would be a victory, but not for (him) but for everything he has achieved”. For this, the entire Spanish team will have to be there throughout the final phase. “The problem is it's something you can't control,” David Ferrer said. What happens in Malaga will not change his life or his career. But on a personal level, I would like him to come away from tennis with good memories. » The Spanish public will certainly be waiting for the same thing, especially on November 24, the date of the final of the 2024 edition of the Davis Cup.
