The victory of the Czechs this Thursday against South Korea further complicates the horizon of the hosts.

Everything adds up with this competition system, as the world number 1, called to face Alejandro Davidovich in the second match of the day in La Fonteta, recalled in a more than affable press conference.. Even the number of games can define a classification, but to reach that unlikely scenario, the team led by David Ferrer needs to make a radical change of direction and fully please the public that today is expected to fill the venue.

With all the extenuating circumstances of the successive losses, in particular that of Carlos Alcaraz, Spain's performance on the first day was disappointing. Debutants, yes, but both Davidovich, 25th, and Bernabé Zapata, 75th, had a better ranking than their respective opponents, Jiri Lehecka, 30th, and Tomas Machac, 119th, and in the doubles match there was not even a player with the cachet of veteran Marcel Granollers, 15th in a specialty where he has 24 titles. In view of what happened, Ferrer could introduce some changes in the formation against the Balkans. It does not seem certain that Zapata will repeat as number two, although the alternatives do not offer many guarantees either.. Roberto Bautista has not competed for almost two months after injuring his fibula while riding a horse and Albert Ramos has gone almost five years without winning an indoor match.

In addition to 'Nole'

Serbia, which defeated South Korea 3-0 on Tuesday even without Djokovic, has a strong and competitive team. Laslo Djere, 37th, who had a two-set lead against Nole in the third round of the recent US Open, will serve as number two this time, after leading the team with Dusan Lajovic in the second of the singles against the Asians. Winner of the competition in 2010 and finalist in 2013, the Balkan team intends to compete for a new title, one of Djokovic's efforts, who adds to the priority of winning Grand Slam tournaments that of competing with his country.

Happy, serene and attentive to the media, the holder of 24 majors arrived in Valencia on Tuesday after taking a mass bath in Belgrade. Yesterday he trained at nine in the morning and did so again at four in the afternoon, shortly after appearing at a succulent press conference in which he exhibited his continuous progress in the handling of Spanish.