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Ferrer and Alcaraz's presence in the Davis Cup: "It was practically impossible"

Andrés Tomás Rico - 15 Sep 2026
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Ferrer and Alcaraz's presence in the Davis Cup: "It was practically impossible." Photo: Getty Images

The Spanish Davis Cup team is already in Chile to play in the last elimination phase before the final eight, which will be held again this year in the Italian city of Bologna. Captain David Ferrer has a team full of debutants, as Rafael Jódar, Dani Mérida, and Martín Landaluce have not participated in the national teams tournament before. In fact, Jaume Munar, who has played a total of seven matches, will act as the veteran. However, Carlos Alcaraz will not be present.

The scheduling of this elimination a week after the US Open complicates the Murcia player's attendance. Last year he was called up, when Spain eliminated Denmark in Marbella, but after winning the title in New York, he had to withdraw. He was also set to play in the Davis Cup finals in Bologna, but an injury in his final against Jannik Sinner at the ATP Finals forced him to miss out.

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And this year it was even more complicated considering that the player from El Palmar has been out of action for four and a half months due to a wrist injury. Moreover, his presence at the US Open was a complete uncertainty until a week before. For this reason, Ferrer knew there were not many options to count on him for this elimination, which is also on clay and a week after the last Grand Slam of the season.

This was confirmed by Ferrer himself at the press conference held by the Spanish team in Chile: “Carlos, until the last moment there were doubts about whether he would play the US Open, then he was in another situation regarding competition. Obviously, the Davis Cup was very complicated for him to be with us, so I knew from the first moment that scenario was virtually impossible. From there, Carlos is making good progress, he had a great US Open, and I hope we have the opportunity to advance to the finals because there he will definitely be with us,” concluded a Ferrer who seeks to take Spain back to the Davis Cup finals with a young team, but full of enthusiasm.
 

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