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Ferrer gets surprise nod for Fed Cup

SPAIN’S new Davis Cup captain Conchita Martinez sprung a surprise yesterday by naming world No. 7 David Ferrer in her team for next week’s Group I tie away to Russia.

Ferrer was not expected to make himself available for the July 17-19 match in Vladivostok following a dispute between top players and the Spanish tennis federation (RFET) over the appointment last year of Gala Leon as the nation’s first female Davis Cup captain.

After weeks of upheaval at the federation and the naming of a new president, Leon was sacked last week and Martinez, a former Wimbledon champion who is also Spain’s Fed Cup captain, was named to replace her until the end of the year.

Ferrer, who pulled out of Wimbledon on the eve of the tournament with an elbow injury, will be joined in the Spain team by Pablo Andujar, Daniel Gimeno-Traver, Marc Lopez and David Marrero, Martinez told a news conference in Barcelona.

The five-time winner, missing the likes of Rafael Nadal, Feliciano Lopez and Tommy Robredo, needs a victory to have a chance of getting back into the elite World Group for next year’s competition.

Britain, meanwhile, has kept the same side that beat the United States for the Davis Cup quarterfinal against France next week.

Andy Murray spearheads the British team, which includes his brother Jamie, James Ward and Dominic Inglot for the encounter at Queen’s Club in London from July 17-19.

The quartet led Britain to a 3-2 victory over the US in March.

France has named Richard Gasquet, Gilles Simon, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Nicolas Mahut.




 

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