MARK forward the list on Wednesday in his diary · Costa will be watching developments in the injury of David Ferrer to the last moment · Tommy Robredo will be the fifth man, common in the coach calls
Albert Costa went to Paris last Sunday with the homework done. Although follow-up makes a last Spanish players in his head already has decided the quartet that will play the Davis Cup final against the Czech Republic, from 4 to 6 December. Rafael Nadal, who has missed the last two qualifiers through injury and is leading the next-Navy-Fernando Verdasco, David Ferrer and Feliciano Lopez. You will have the chance to recover also from its low last year against Argentina.
Costa finished outlining his team during the Valencia Open 500, where he took the opportunity to talk in person with Verdasco, Lopez and Ferrer, who explained what their plans were. The presence of Nadal, No. 2 ATP, was rather than decided. The Spaniard, depending on the final development might even jump on Saturday in the doubles point, although the initial idea is that coach Rafa just concentrate on singles.
Ferrero will not be one of the biggest surprises in the call will be made official on Monday in Logroño is the exclusion, even as a reserve, Juan Carlos Ferrero. The Valencian, who helped in the two previous rounds to reach the final, has been discarded as the fifth player in favor of Tommy Robredo.
Thus, Ferrero, low this week at the Paris Masters in 1000 of a cold that left him with very low defenses, can not wear short in the same place, the Palau Sant Jordi, where he began his career at dawn 2000, when he was instrumental in the victory in the first Davis Cup title won by the Spanish courts. Robredo, who has been in all calls for Albert Costa since he is captain of team will await the recovery of Ferrer, who suffers from the adductor magnus microrrotura left leg.
The Spanish Tennis Federation went on sale the 5,500 seats available to the general public to attend the final in a single payment for three days. The rest, up to the 16,500 places in the Palau Sant Jordi, are divided between those that correspond to the International Federation, invitations, sponsors, federal and Czech fans, who were entitled to 10% of capacity, 1,500 entries.