FUENGIROLA, Spain (AP) 鈥� Neither nor Spanish captain David Ferrer would say Monday whether the 22-time Grand Slam champion will play singles or doubles 鈥� or maybe not at all 鈥� at the , his last event before retirement.
Spain is scheduled to face the Netherlands on Tuesday in the quarterfinals on an indoor hard court at the Palacio de Deportes Jose Maria Martin Carpena. The winner will play in the semifinals on Friday. The championship will be decided on Sunday.
Asked at a news conference Monday how he has been feeling in practice in recent days and whether he is ready to play, Nadal said: 鈥淭hat鈥檚 a question for the captain.鈥� That response drew a smile and laugh from Ferrer, sitting to Nadal's left.
Moments later, the question of Nadal's participation was put to Ferrer.
鈥淚 don鈥檛 know yet,鈥� Ferrer said. 鈥淎t the moment, I have not decided the players that are going to play tomorrow.鈥�
The 38-year-old that he would walk away from tennis after the Davis Cup at home in Spain. Nadal has been dealing with a series of injuries the past two seasons and has been limited to fewer than 25 official matches in that span.
Nadal said Monday that it doesn't 鈥渕ake sense to keep going knowing that I don鈥檛 have the real chance to be competitive the way that I like to be competitive because my body鈥� won鈥檛 allow it.
He hasn't played an official match since the Paris Olympics in early August. He and in the quarterfinals of .
Spain's Davis Cup team also includes Alcaraz, Marcel Granollers, Roberto Bautista Agut and Pedro Martinez.
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AP tennis:
Howard Fendrich, The Associated Press
