Carlos Alcaraz and Rafa Jódar are running to play with Spain in the Davis Cup Finals: “It’s a great goal”
After winning this Sunday the Laver Cup with Europe, Carlos Alcaraz and Rafa Jodar have applied to be part of the Spanish team that will play the Davis Cup Finals in Bologna (Italy, November 24-29), where the team led by David Ferrer will face Austria in the quarterfinals.
Alcaraz’s intention is to be in the fight for ‘Salad bowl’ after disputing the ATP Finals of Turin (November 15-22). The next tournament for both Carlos and Rafa is imminent Tokyo ATP (Japan)from September 30 to October 6.
“In the end, indoor tournaments are always good. The best are in Turin and, if you win, it gives you great confidence for Davis. This year we have a great team, with Rafawith Marcelwith Peter, Danny, James. It’s a shame we can’t all be there. We all deserve it, but we have a good opportunity this year. The Davis Cup It’s a big goal for me. We have a great team. We have a great opportunity to win it this year and it is one of my great goals,” he confessed. Alcaraz in Londonvenue of the duel between Europe and the Rest of the World.
We have a great team and a great opportunity to win the Davis Cup this year, it is one of my great goals
World No. 3 tennis player
“I have used the Laver Cup to enjoy again. I love being a part of this and it makes me find my joy when I play and find my best tennis. It helps me a lot for the future,” said the former world number 1, now 3rd in the ranking.
Carlos admitted that he “completely” arrives more rested at the final stretch of the season, a consequence of the almost five months out he suffered due to an injury to his right wrist.
“More than physically, mentally. Physically we have not been playing, but standing for so long without doing anything, then returning to the competition, demanding games. I was tired, after all the demands after Friday and Saturday, which have been intense days,” confided the Murcian.
“Little by little we are getting into the rhythm of the competition, seeing how my body reacts, what I need, what I stop needing, but it is true that mentally I feel fresh. I am looking forward to what is coming. We have always said that this is the part of the season that is most difficult for me, due to the physical and mental wear and tear, but this year we are going to try to live up to all the tournaments,” he explained. Alcaraz.
“The Davis Cup It’s an extra motivation,” he added. Jodar. “It will be the last tournament of this first year for me on the circuit. It will be a very special tournament if the captain trusts me and calls me to go to Bologna. I will be available. If Carlos also comes, we have a great team. We have a great relationship. It is a goal that, if we set our minds to it, we can achieve it,” said the man from Madrid.
The Davis Cup is an extra motivation, it is going to be a very special tournament if the captain trusts me. Carlos is a great person and, if we are together at Davis, it would be fantastic
World No. 14 tennis player
“Carlos He is a great person. Off the court he is very close and very friendly, very easy to talk to. I have felt very good with him this week and if we are together in Davis it would be fantastic,” said Jódar, world No. 14 but ninth in the current year’s ranking and, therefore, with his options intact to qualify for the ATP Finals.
“The main thing is to finish the year well. It has been a great year, things have gone very well for me. I am very grateful for the opportunities I have had, there are about two or three months left to finish and the goal is to finish in the best way. If I don’t manage to get into the top-10, I will try to do my best and think about next year,” Rafa concluded.
