Seville Was Ready to Win a Davis Cup – Nadal and Ferrer Made It Happen

Written by: Staff on 5th December 2011

Seville Was Ready to Win a Davis Cup - Nadal and Ferrer Made It Happen

Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal celebrates after defeating Argentinian Juan Martin del Potro in their match of the Davis Cup final between Spain and Argentina at the Olympic stadium in Seville, southern Spain, 04 December 2011. Nadal won 1-6, 6-4, 6-1 and 7-6 (0) and achieved the fifth Davis Cup title for Spain. EPA/JOSE MANUEL VIDAL |

Fans were expected to arrive in record numbers for the weekend Davis Cup final in Seville as Spain face Argentina, with the estimated 27,000-plus crowd poised to set a new mark for tennis.

ITF boss Francesco Ricci Bitti confirmed the high-water mark to dpa, the German news agency, calling the expected attendance for the weekend clay-court spectacular’s new milestone.”

“We achieved a new milestone: more than 27,500 spectators will attend each day of the battle. This improvement is at least 300 spectators, (beating) the record set in 2004 in Seville,” added the Italian, referring to the final seven years ago in the city against the US.

That tie set a record of 27,200 packing the stands at the Olympic stadium.

With demand heating up due to the appearance of Rafael Nadal and David Ferrer on the side, officials managed to put aside 6,000 extra seats with “limited” views, which were also snapped up by the public.

Topics: David Ferrer, Davis Cup, Rafael Nadal