By Richard Pagliaro | Monday, December 12, 2022
Sergi Bruguera’s tenure as Spanish Davis Cup captain has come to an finish.
The 51-year-old Bruguera and Spanish Tennis Federation determined “by mutual agreement” to finish his reign as Davis Cup captain, the RFET introduced in the present day.
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“Sergi Bruguera and the RFET, by mutual agreement, have decided to end the stage of the Spanish tennis player as coach of the MAPFRE Davis Cup national team,” the RFET introduced in a press release. “The RFET Board of Directors wishes to express its gratitude to Sergi Bruguera for his work at the helm of the Spanish team since 2017.
“The double champion of Roland Garros and silver medalist in Atlanta leaves with the gratitude of the followers and everybody Players.”
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— Tenis España (@RFETenis) December 12, 2022
Bruguera will proceed teaching Alexander Zverev in 2023.
Zverev’s ex-coach, David Ferrer, is without doubt one of the main candidates to succeed Bruguera as new Spanish Davis Cup captain.
In October, 2017, Bruguera formally succeeded Conchita Martinez as Spanish Davis Cup captain. Bruguera captained a Spanish squad led by Rafael Nadal, Roberto Bautista Agut and Feliciano Lopez to its sixth Davis Cup championship with a win over Canada within the 2019 Davis Cup Final.
Last month, a Spanish crew of Roberto Bautista Agut and Pablo Carreno Busta fell to Croatia, 2-0, within the Davis Cup quarterfinals in Malaga, Spain. The host facet was with out world No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz, recovering from an belly pressure, and second-ranked Nadal, who was taking part in an exhibition tour with Casper Ruud.
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