Acasuso ousts Canas for Argentina Davis Cup final place

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(Agencies)
Updated: 2008-11-05 11:30

BUENOS AIRES - Jose Acasuso replaced off-form Guillermo Canas as Argentina named their team on Tuesday for the Davis Cup final at home to Spain later this month.

Jose Acasuso of Argentina returns the ball to Gilles Simon of France during their men's semi-final match at the Romania Open tennis tournament in Bucharest September 13, 2008. [Agencies]

Acasuso's inclusion was the only change to the side which beat Russia in September's semi-final, with David Nalbandian, Juan Martin del Potro and Agustin Calleri keeping their places, the Argentine Tennis Association said in a statement.

Del Potro, 20, is Argentina's highest-ranked player at number eight in the world, followed by Nalbandian who is eleventh.

Canas has dropped to 77th while Acasuso is 48th.

Argentina, unbeaten at home for 10 years, have reached the final for the third time but have lost their previous two, against the United States in 1981 and Russia two years ago.

The Nov 21-23 final will be staged indoors at the Islas Malvinas arena in the resort of Mar del Plata. The decision has angered Nalbandian who wanted to play in his home town of Cordoba.