Corretja, asked about Nadal's ceremony: "It wasn't an epic moment".

Alex Corretja, former world no. 2, had no comment on Rafael Nadal's farewell ceremony after Spain's Davis Cup defeat.

A week after the event, the Spaniard spoke to Eurosport about the moment, describing the ceremony as less emotional than he had hoped: "We all felt that it wasn't an epic moment. It was very difficult because Spain had lost just a few minutes before and the atmosphere seemed cold.

Once Spain had lost, it was as if they said to themselves 'Now we have to do this ceremony for Rafa' and nobody was ready.

The images they showed and the videos with the celebrities were great, but it felt like we were hoping for something more on the court. Some of his friends weren't there, thinking it would be on Friday.

Nadal is always epic and we didn't feel that epic dimension in his farewell."

However, Corretja was keen to qualify his comments, and did acknowledge the organizers' efforts in a particular context: "They did their best. Rafa was very emotional with the public and with the other people present."