Former top-ranked Carlos Moya has been formally introduced as the captain of the Spanish Davis Cup team. Moya was one of the members of the team in their title winning run in 2004 and his main concern at this point is to make sure that the top Spanish players get to participate at this event during the 2014 season. Moya has reportedly signed up a one year contract in this role.
Spain will be competing against Germany during the first round of World Group competitions right after the conclusion of the Australian Open 2014 tournament. Moya wants to have Rafael Nadal, David Ferrer and Fernando Verdasco to be part of the team.
“I know that history has shown the top 10 players tend to miss the opening rounds,” he said to the media. “My work is with them because there are players who have won everything and are very important. My mission will be to pitch in, but I’ve been a player and understand every position. Everyone wants to win and we know that the hardest part is leaving someone out. We’re talking about a 10 or 12 players that are left out and that’s hard to swallow. It’s not easy but if you have dialogue, you reason and explain your decisions they are mature and intelligent players.”
