Granollers: "This group always believed until the end, and it slipped away from us due to details"

Carlos Navarro | 23 Nov 2025 | 23.15

Interview with Marcel Granollers. Source: PDB

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Marcel Granollers leaves the 2025 Davis Cup undefeated, but with the bittersweet feeling of not being able to compete in a final completed in just two sets. David Ferrer called him the leader of this team, a guy with a different aura after a simply spectacular 2025 (two Grand Slams conquered with Horacio Zeballos) who sought to have the perfect end to the party in Italian soil.

It was not to be, and Spain leaves the 2025 Davis Cup Finals with a honorable defeat in the final, a defeat that does not tarnish the impressive performance of David Ferrer's men. Excitement, a desire to prove themselves, and an unshakable faith that, beyond favoritism and percentages, this human group could make it. No one better than Marcel Granollers to define the emotions of this week, directly from the bowels of the Bologna Fiere in our last interview from the transalpine lands.

Granollers opens up and shares the sensations of an absolutely historic week

- Immediate feelings after the defeat in the Davis Cup final

"Now we have a mix of feelings. We are a bit sad because we couldn't win this Davis Cup. Once in the final, all you think about is winning... but, on the other hand, we have to be proud because we had a very good tournament. All the players have been at a very high level, the commitment the team has shown has been enormous. Also, grateful for the support of the fans; it has been enormous, we felt that support, and it made us fight until the last point."

- What does this human group have that has carried them towards the final

"We all have a fairly similar personality. We are committed players, and we supported each other a lot. We know the format of this competition: we haven't been favorites in any of the ties, but we know that by winning one point, we can go to doubles; in doubles, anything can happen... and we believed in that. We believed that if we competed, we had chances, which we had until today, but that's tennis, sometimes it slips away on details, and today, that's how it was."

- Describing each team member in one or two words

"To avoid singling out, I want to say that we are very proud. It is an honor to belong to this team. We have all fought, struggled, rowed in the same direction, and that's what it's about: in the Davis Cup, if you want to be successful, it must be like that, and I think it has clearly been so. We were very close to forcing a doubles match. We will keep trying."

- Recognition of the importance of doubles discipline after two great matches

"In this competition, doubles takes on great importance. You see many ties that are defined in doubles, so it is important to have a good doubles team. The Davis Cup, for example, can be decided in the doubles of a final. Pedro and I played at a high level; we have shown that we can make a good pair, and to win a Davis Cup, you must have a good doubles."

- Wishes and dreams for upcoming seasons, personally and in a Davis Cup context

"What I want is to find this balance I am having and enjoy the day-to-day, the tournaments... I know I am at an age where I do not have many years left, so the goal is to find that balance in my career."