Teenage star Alcaraz gets nod for Spanish Davis Cup team
Carlos Alcaraz was named in 2019 Davis Cup champions Spain's team for this year's competition.
MADRID (AFP) - Carlos Alcaraz s rapid ascent in men s tennis this year received further recognition on Monday being named in 2019 Davis Cup champions Spain s team for this year s competition.
The 18-year-old, ranked 42 in the world, became the youngest US Open men s quarter-finalist in 58 years in September but a thigh injury brought his run to an end.
Alcaraz was selected by captain Sergi Bruguera alongside Pablo Carreno, Roberto Bautista Agut -- both ranked in the world s top 20 -- the evergreen 40-year-old Feliciano Lopez and Marcel Granollers.
The Spanish are without former world number one Rafael Nadal who brought the curtain down on his truncated season in August due to a foot injury.
The Davis Cup finals bringing together 18 countries run from November 25 to December 5 and takes place in Madrid, the Austrian city of Innsbruck and Turin in Italy.
