Davis Cup: Sergie Bruguera to be new Spanish team leader

Spain gets a new Davis Cup captain: Sergi Bruguera, double champion of Roland Garros, is to take over the agendas of Conchita Martinez in 2018.

1993 and 1994 were the years in which Sergi Bruguera celebrated his greatest triumphs: each time in Paris, as a premiere against Jim Courier, and one year later against his compatriot Alberto Berasategui.According to media reports, Bruguera will now take over the Spanish Davis Cup team after the contract with Conchita Martinez was not renewed.

The task facing the Iberians at the beginning of 2018 is certainly interesting: the lot has brought Spain a meeting with Britain, at home, which would suggest that the lot will be carried out on ashes.Whether Andy Murray will then pull himself together to represent his country is something we reject.The same goes for Rafael Nadal, too, provided that the world’s number one player is as successful at the Australian Open next year as it was in 2017, when Nadal reached the final.

Sergi Bruguera is said not to have been the first name on the Spanish Tennis Association’s list: that was Juan Carlos Ferrero.But he joined Alexander Zverev’s team this summer.This liaison is expected to continue in the coming year.Bruguera, on the other hand, has rendered outstanding service to Richard Gasquet for a while.