adminCorretja will skipper the team for the next two years after being named as the replacement for Albert Costa, who stood down from the role after securing Spain’s second Davis Cup title in three years with victory over Argentina earlier this month.
The president of the Royal Spanish Tennis Federation (RFET), Jose Luis Escanuela, hailed the appointment of the 37-year-old Corretja ahead of his formal presentation to the media yesterday.
“I am convinced that we have achieved a great deal for Spanish tennis,” Escanuela told rfet.es.
“I want to thank Alex Corretja for his enthusiasm and excitement about this challenge.’
Corretja added: “(I would like to) thank the president of the RFET and his team for giving me this role, which is an honour and a huge responsibility.”
Retaining the Davis Cup in 2012 will be a huge challenge for Corretja’s team, however, with star man Rafael Nadal already having confirmed that he will sit out next year’s edition due to his Olympic Games commitments.
Corretja is a two-time French Open runner-up and won 17 singles titles and three doubles titles in a 14-year professional career.
He rose as high as number two in the world in February 1999 and was part of the team that delivered Spain’s first ever Davis Cup triumph in 2000.
He retired in 2005, since when he has worked as part of world number four Andy Murray’s coaching team. – ESPNSTAR.com.
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