Juan Carlos Ferrero became the hero of the Davis ... again

The year was 2000 when Spain reached the final of the Davis Cup for the third time in its history. He faced, as the other two times, to Australia, but this time in Spanish territory, in the Palau Sant Jordi. There, Albert Costa lost the first point, but a boy of 20 years tie the tie, and later sentenciaría before one of the best players in the world. It was Juan Carlos Ferrero.

Since then his meteoric carrerea emerged that led him to win many tournaments on the circuit ATP which highlighted that of Rome, the Barcelona, Monte Carlo, coming to contest the final of the Masters Cup in Shanghai, where he lost to Lleyton Hewitt.

In 2003 put the roof of his career to become number 1, winning again at Monte Carlo, and reaching the U.S. Open final defeat on the road to Andre Agassi and Lleyton Hewitt. But later that year the injuries began to take effect, dropping the following year outside the Top 30.

From there, Juan Carlos Ferrero starred in big games, although its position in the ranking was severely curtailed, and had to go to tournaments like the Masters Series of Madrid, which was the first to win the invitation.

But when it seemed that the Onteniente was finished and could not give more, got a call from the Spanish team for the Davis Cup, who starred in 2000, when he won his first two games and gave the victory to Spain against Australia before Lleyton Hewitt. This time Juan Carlos Ferrero was the hero.

On the first day of the quarter-final against Germany, Fernando Verdasco won what is expected of him and beat his opponent Andreas Beck, but then Tommy Robredo lost to Philipp Kohlschreiber. In doubles, the point that according to the experts won the tie of the Davis Cup, Spain and took it all seemed ready for judgment as Fernando Verdasco would surely point 3-1 in the tie.

But it did not and Verdasco fell. The Spanish captain then remembered the greatest Juan Carlos Ferrero, who had demonstrated in 2009 that this could return to hobnob with the best and has experience to give and take. And he called him at the expense of Tommy Robredo, who had to watch the game from the bench.

The Valencian did not disappoint. He won the match in three sets (a triple 6-4) and allowed Spain to continue dreaming of getting two consecutive salad for the first time in its history, will be the fourth in 10 years, an entire domain.

In the semis we have to deal with Israel, while the other semifinal will face the Czech Republic and Croatia, who beat Argentina and the United States. The only choice favorite quarterfinals, which reached the semifinals was Spain.