Fernando discusses his 7-5, 2-0 win by retirement against Richard Berankis.

Fernando is the #9 seed and has a bye in the first round. Second round, he’ll face either a qualifier or youngster Ricardas Berankis. He could play Sam Querrey in the third round and #5 seed Andy Murray in the quarterfinals. You can view the full draw here

The doubles draw isn’t out yet, but Fernando is signed up on the entry list to play with David Marrero.

It was a good weekend for Spain, as they began their 2011 Davis Cup campaign with solid wins. Fernando replaced David Ferrer in the opening singles rubber against Xavier Malisse, winning 6-4, 6-3, 6-1, and and then teamed up to Feli to defeat the Belgian doubles pair of Steve Darcis and Olivier Rochus, 7-6⁰, 6-4, 6-3. Rafa’s win over youngster Ruben Bemelmens rounded out the 3-0 live rubber win for Spain, and the Armada heads to the USA in July to take on the Americans in the quarterfinals. Vamos!

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Listen to audio of Fer’s English interview!

It’s that time of the year again! It’s Davis Cup week and the Armada is hoping to recover from their “la Mantita” against France in the quarterfinals last year with a solid win in Belgium.

David was originally called up to play the first singles match tomorrow, but due to a niggling injury, Fernando will instead play the first singles rubber against Malisse, followed by Rafa who goes against youngster Ruben Bemelmans. Fernando will team up with Feli on Saturday to play the doubles against Malisse and Olivier Rochus.

Despite the advantage of having three top ten players on their team, Fernando doesn’t think the visiting Spanish contingient are the favourites

“In Davis Cup, you must always consider the locals as favorites, there are statistics to prove it. They have the advantage of choosing the court type and speed, the balls, and they have the audience in their favor.”

Instead, says the team is confident in their chances. “We are preparing our best to arrive in perfect condition for the weekend. We are all feeling well physically and are fully confident.”

Catching up on some media from the past couple weeks! Here’s video of him playing tennis on the beach with Argentine Juan Monaco:

And checking out the Le Quebrada Cliff Divers!