To name the Spanish men's tennis team and the Croatian men's tennis team, it is clear that the Spanish team is much stronger, because there are world number one Alcaraz and 22-time Grand Slam winner Nadal, while Croatia only has US Open champion Cilic and Cincinnati Masters champion Ciurić this season. Of course, Spain also has Montreal Masters winner Busta.
But in the Davis Cup finals, Spain lost to Croatia!
It took Čurić 1 hour and 56 minutes to help Croatia get off to a 1-0 lead over Spain in a 6-4 7-6 (4) victory. Silici then beat Busta 5-7 6-3 7-6 (5) in 3 hours and 13 minutes to secure his 43rd Davis Cup win while helping Croatia seal the win and lead hosts Spain 2-0. Croia also confirmed their first victory over Spain in the Davis Cup and reached the semifinals of the Davis Cup for the second year in a row.
Before these two matches, Busta and Agut were not bad, and in the head-to-head record, Busta drew 1-1 with Ciurić. Agut trailed Cilic 2-5. But these two were not enough to help Spain win. So where do Alcaraz and Nadal go?
Alcaraz withdrew from the Paris Masters due to injury, also missed the year-end finals, actively treated injuries, and naturally could not go to the Davis Cup. Nadal went to South America to participate in exhibition matches to make money, so the strength of the Spanish team was greatly discounted and did not qualify for the semifinals of the Davis Cup. Of course, the performance of Churich and Silyich is also worthy of respect!
