Rafael Nadal has been picked to play singles for Spain against the Netherlands at the Davis Cup Final 8, the 22-time Grand Slam champion's last event before he retires.
The lineups for both countries were announced about an hour before Tuesday's quarter-final was scheduled to begin on an indoor hard court at the sold-out Palacio de Deportes Jose Maria Martin Carpena in southern Spain.
The 38-year-old Nadal will face 80th-ranked Botic van de Zandschulp in the opening singles match, before compatriot Carlos Alcaraz goes up against Tallon Griekspoor. Nadal has won 29 Davis Cup singles matches in a row.
If the best-of-three-match series is tied at 1-all after the singles, Alcaraz and Marcel Granollers will meet Van de Zandschulp and Wesley Koolhof in doubles to determine which team advances to the semifinals.
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