The 18 federations that will participate in the Davis Cup Finals in Madrid, Innsbruck and Turin, from November 25 to December 5, announced the composition of their respective teams, ultimately at the expense of unwanted problems or injuries. Hispaniola was one of the first federations to announce their selection, which will be made up of Pablo Carreño, Roberto Bautista, Carlos Alcaraz, Marcel Granollers and Feliciano López, the top three in the ranking and two consummate doubles specialists. The best possible team without Rafa Nadal, goes down due to his right foot injury. So is Serbia, whose captain, Viktor Troicki, did not complicate his life when choosing and summoned the five highest ranked players from his nation on the ATP list, among them the world number one, Novak Djokovic, who will be accompanied by Krajinovic, Lajovic, Djere and Kecmanovic. Nole wants to round off a year in which he will finish again as leader of the ranking with a second Salad Bowl, like the one he won in 2010.
Also in the tournament will be number two, Daniil Medvedev, leader of the Russian Federation, a rival of Spain who will also form with Rublev, Karatsev, Khachanov, and Donskoy. A powerful line-up that aspires to go far, like Canada, a finalist in 2019, which repeats with Shapovalov, Auger-Aliassime, Pospisil, Schnur and Polansky. Italy is another of the countries that has its best men and that aspires to everything in the Finals. Because, in addition, it will initially compete in Turin. They will be in the blue Berrettini, Sinner, Sonego, Fognini and Musetti. A great team.
Six major casualties
Regarding casualties, in addition to Nadal’s, those expected from Thiem in Austria, Zverev in Germany, Andy Murray in Great Britain (He advised of his resignation recently) and Kyrgios in Australia, plus Gael Monfils in France.
The 18 teams
Group A (Madrid)
Spain:
Pablo Carreño, Roberto Bautista, Carlos Alcaraz, Feliciano López, Marcel Granollers.
Captain: Sergi Bruguera
Russian Tennis Federation
Daniil Medvedev, Andrey Rublev, Aslan Karatsev, Karen Khachanov, Evgeny Donskoy.
Capitán: Shamil Tarpischev
Ecuador
Emilio Gomez, Roberto Quiroz, Diego Hidalgo, Gonzalo Escobar, Cayetano March.
Captain: Raul Viver
Group B (Madrid)
Canada
Felix Auger-Aliassime, Denis Shapovalov, Vasek Pospisil, Brayden Schnur, Peter Polansky
Captitán: Frank Dancevic
Kazakhstan
Alexander Bublik, Mikhail Kukushkin, Dmitry Popko, Aleksandr Nedovyesov, Andrey Golubev
Captain: Yuriy Schukin
Sweden
Mikael Ymer, Elias Ymer, Jonathan Mridha, André Göransson.
Capitán: Robin Soderling
Group C (Innsbruck)
France
Ugo Humbert, Arthur Rinderknech, Richard Gasquet, Pierre-Hugues Herbert, Nicolas Mahut
Capitán: Sébastien Grosjean
Britain
Cameron Norrie, Daniel Evans, Joseph Salisbury, Neal Skupski
Capitán: Leon Smith
Czech Republic
Jiri Vesely, Tomas Machac, Zdenek KolarJ, iri Lehecka, Lukas Rosol.
Captain: Jaroslav Navratil
Group D (Turin)
Croatia
Marin Cilic, Borna Coric, Borna Gojo, Nikola Mektic, Mate Pavic
Captain: Vedran Martic
Australia
Alex de Minaur, John Millman, Jordan Thompson, Alexei Popyrin, John Peers
Captain: Lleyton Hewitt
Hungary
Marton Fucsovics, Attila Balazs, Zsombor Piros, Fabian Marozsan, Mate Valkusz.
Captain: Gavor Koves
Group E (Turin)
USA
John Isner, Reilly Opelka, Taylor Fritz, Jack Sock, Rajeev Ram.
Capitán: Mardy Fish
Italy
Matteo Berrettini, Jannik Sinner, Lorenzo Sonego, Fabio Fognini, Lorenzo Mussetti
Capitán: Filippo Volandri
Colombia
Daniel Galán, Nicolás Mejía, Juan Sebastián Cabal, Robert Farah.
Captain: Alejandro Falla
Group F (Innsbruck)
Serbia
Novak Djokovic, Filip Krajinovic, Dusan Lajovic, Laslo Djere, Miomir Kecmanovic.
Captain: Victor Troicki
Germany
Jan Lennard Struff, Dominik Koepfer, Peter Gojowczyk, Kevin Krawietz, Tim Pütz.
Captain: Michael Kohlmann
Austria
Dennis Novak; Yury Rodionov; Gerald Melzer; Oliver Marach; Philipp Oswald
Captain: Stefan Koubek