Drawing on the Davis Cup team stage
This Tuesday was held at the Museum of Malaga, a city in Spain that will host the final round of the Davis Cup between November 23 and 27, the draw for “The Tennis World Cup” and Argentina already knows its first rivals. It combines Group A with Croatia, Italy and Sweden, that he will face off in Bologna, Italy, between September 14 and 18.
Spain, Canada, Serbia and South Korea, meanwhile, form group B, which can be called the death zone. There, if there are no unforeseen circumstances, A new chapter awaits in the rivalry between Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, the most repeated in history on the professional circuit.
In addition, there are five other players from those countries in the Top 20 of the ATP Rankings who could face each other: Carlos Alcaraz (9th), Felix Auger-Aliassime (10th), Denis Shapovalov (16th), Pablo Carreño Busta (18th and Roberto Bautista Agut (19th).
Argentina will face one of these teams in the quarterfinals if they finish in second place in their zone. In that case, I will fight the winner.
Instead, if they graduate as leaders in this first stage, they will be paired with the second in D, which will be played in Glasgow, Scotland, and will have the United States, United Kingdom, Kazakhstan and the Netherlands as members. Something more accessible. Meanwhile, in C are France, Germany, Belgium and Australia, to be measured in Hamburg.
How to play
The 16 qualifying countries will first play on a group stage divided into four venues, Bologna, Glasgow, Hamburg and Valencia. The best eight will battle it out in the final stage at the Martín Carpena Pavilion, between Nov. 21 and 27, with a format of quarters, semifinals and finals.
The groups:
Group A: Croatia, Italy, Argentina and Sweden.
Group B: Spain, Canada, Serbia and South Korea.
Group C: France, Germany, Belgium and Australia.
Group D: United States, United Kingdom, Kazakhstan and Netherlands.
Source: Clarin
