Draw for the Davis Cup final: Argentina with hopeful prospects and Spain in the feared ‘group of death’

The group stage of End of Davis Cup was drawn this afternoon and the results paint a complicated picture Spain and confident for Argentina. The team led by David Ferrer will host Group B in Valencia, completed by Australia, Czech RepublicAND France, all the champions of this tournament. Argentina, for its part, was in Group D and will play in Manchester.

Commanded by Guillermo Coriathe albiceleste team will travel to Great Britain to face Canada, Finlandand the hosts. With a solid lineup consisting of Francisco Cerúndolo, Sebastiano Baez (which recently managed to enter the top 20 of the world rankings), Tomas Etcheverryand the great doubles players Horace Zeballos, Massimo González, AND André MolteniArgentina, champions for the only time of the 2016 edition, has the opportunity to be among the brightest in the group. Among its possible rivals are the English Andy Murray AND Cameron Norrie.

“The Valencia group seems to be the strongest, with Australia, Spain, France and the Czech Republic. It’s not good news for Spain, but I think they have a good chance of qualifying for Malaga this time,” he said. Feliciano Lópezcurrent tournament director of the Davis Cup finals.

France has 10 titles in its history and 10 players in the top 100 of the world rankings. Australia, on the other hand, has finished second in the last two editions. To top it off, the Czech Republic has great young talents like Jiri Lehecka, Jakub Mensic, AND Tomas Machac. Spain has six titles to defend and is the current number two in the world, Carlos Alcaraz.

On the other hand, In group A there is Italy, reigning champion of the tournament and will host in Bologna, Brazil, the Netherlands and Belgium. Finally, based in Zhuhai (China), Group C is made up of Germany, Chile, the United States and Slovakia.

The group stage will be played from 10 to 15 September in four different countries.

This final phase, where the champion of the ‘Salad Bowl’ will be decided, will bring together the top two from each group of the José María Martín Carpena Sports Palace from Malaga, from 19 to 24 November.