Spain Entire had Friday, November 22, marked on its calendar. It was assumed that it would be the day of tribute to Rafa Nadal. The expected course of the Davis Cup That’s how he marked it. At least the logical course that happened because Spain eliminated Netherlands and will arrive in the semifinals this Friday. But it came up tails.
Granollers y Alcaraz They couldn’t with the Dutch duo that sealed the tulip ticket to the prelude to the final and brought forward Rafa’s withdrawal. The fans saw how their Nadalmania It reduced the levels until they collapsed to the ground. Because everyone’s eyes were looking at this Friday as the day of the national tennis festival.
In Málagawith Spain in the semifinals, the possibility of Nadal playing a match and the security of an organized tribute, without improvisations or stumbles. That was the ideal scenario. What did not enter into the imagination of the fans was that Netherlands would cross that path with the mentality of ruining them.
There were many who had bought tickets for the semi-finals and final, which take place between Friday the 22nd and Sunday the 24th. The weekend was presented as an opportunity for the Spanish racket to rejoice, but the stands looked lackluster. Too many Spaniards had gathered in Carpena to amortize a ticket with which they thought to see Spain and Rafa and ended up with Holland and Germany as unexpected guests in the Davis semis.
«My father and I came from Córdoba to Málaga to pay off the tickets. The truth is that we feel somewhat screwed. I saw the tie against Holland at home on TV and I ended up very angry,” José Antonio tells OKDIARIO. The same feeling is expressed by Dani and Juan, two friends from Madrid who had tickets, travel and accommodation paid for on the Costa del Sol until the final was over.
«We come from Madrid. We have tickets for the semis and the final, not for the one from Holland and nothing, we were left without seeing him play. We saw it at home. a bitch, It’s a bitch because we had the whole pack. The trip, the stay to spend a happy weekend and in the end we were a little sad,” says the Madrid fan, one of the fans who, despite having less atmosphere, has decided to amortize his ticket and witness the best tennis of nations.
