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Carlos Alcaraz ‘excited’ about potentially reuniting with Rafael Nadal at Davis Cup

Carlos Alcaraz is looking forward to teaming up with his idol Rafael Nadal at the Davis Cup in November. Nadal was earlier all set to take part in the Laver Cup for Team Europe but decided to withdraw as he admitted he wouldn’t be able to give his 100% on the court.

Recently, Nadal also missed the Wimbledon and the US Open. Meanwhile, Alcaraz had paired with Nadal at the Paris Olympics but the Spaniard duo was eliminated in the men’s doubles quarterfinals with a 6-2, 6-4 loss to the fourth-seeded American duo of Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram.

Grigor Dimitrov has replaced Nadal at the Laver Cup.

In an interview with Marca, Alcaraz admitted his disappointment for Nadal’s absence, “It would have been super special to repeat here in Berlin. When they gave the team and I saw that Rafa was coming, I was really excited to share the locker room with him once again.

“Here at the Laver Cup we are all much closer together and it would have been a unique experience. I am going to miss him and I hope he returns to the courts soon when he feels well. I hope we meet at some tournament soon.”

Meanwhile, Spain’s Davis Cup captain David Ferrer has revealed that Nadal could join the national team for the finals at Malaga in November.

“I heard David say that if Rafa was there, he would go all out with him. I hope I’m also physically fit to be able to go to Malaga. It’s something that I’m particularly excited about and I hope Rafa is there too.”

Alcaraz continued, “Rafa is one of the greatest in the history of our sport. For me, he is my idol, he is the one I watched the matches with when I was a child. I have tried to learn from him as much as I could during the time we were together.

“I will miss him in Berlin because it was a unique opportunity to continue learning from him. He has been a unique tennis player.”

Alcaraz will team up with Alexander Zverev against the American pairing of Taylor Fritz and Ben Shelton.

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