Spanish Davis Cup team captain David Ferrer admitted he was "very proud" of his player after Spain progressed into the final, but also underlined that the job was still not completed.
After staging an epic comeback to upset the Czech Republic, Spain also stunned Germany 2-1 to come one step away from collecting the Davis Cup glory in Bologna.
Pablo Carreno Busta, who is now ranked at No. 89 in the world, defeated Jan Lennard-Struff in the opening match of the Germany tie before Alexander Zverev defeated Jaume Munar to force a deciding match. There, Marcel Granollers and Pedro Martinez stepped up big time for Spain and beat one of the best doubles pairs in the world - Kevin Krawietz and Tim Puetz.
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After world No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz pulled out of the Davis Cup Final 8, Spain wasn't really given much of a chance to go all the way. But, so far, they have been exceeding the odds.
Ferrer: I'm proud but we still have not won anything
"I feel really happy. I'm very proud of my players. They fought a lot to be here. It was not an easy path. Anyway, I'm really happy. So now it's normal that we are really excited. But after this, we have to rest and be ready for tomorrow. Now we are in the final. At the moment, we have not won anything," Ferrer underlined.
In the Davis Cup final, Spain will take on Italy. Just like Spain, Italy also suffered a major blow just before the start of the event when their two top-10 players - Jannik Sinner and Lorenzo Musetti - withdrew from the event.
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"I think Italy have very good players. Of course, they dont have Jannik Sinner and Lorenzo Musetti. But we also dont have Carlos Alcaraz with us. But I am sure that they are going to compete," Ferrer added.
Carreno Busta will take on Matteo Berrettini in the opening match of the Davis Cup final before Munar meets Flavio Cobolli.
