The Dutch Davis Cup team want to give "a nice adios" and end his career on Tuesday.

The Spanish superstar will retire at the end of the Davis Cup Final 8 in Malaga this week. The dream scenario for the host nation is for the 22-time Grand Slam winner to claim the Davis Cup for a sixth and final time next Sunday.

Spain, who will be led in the singles by Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz, face the Netherlands in their quarter-final on Tuesday.

And captain Paul Haarhuis said: "I think everybody is excited to play Spain. It's amazing that it might be the last match that Nadal plays, and we hope to give him a nice adios!

"We have been here now for three years in a row. This is the fourth year in five years. Yeah, we want more than being in the quarter-finals.

"So we're going to have to play well, and that's what we focus on. We're not focusing on who has the pressure or, you know, we have to think of our own level.

"If we play well, we feel we can beat anybody. If we don't play well, a lot of teams can beat us. That's what we focus on."

Dutch No.2 Botic van de Zandschulp said: "It's always tough to play the host, like especially here, I think, but Rafa retiring here of course brings something special to the occasion. It's been already a couple of weeks I think it's living in the tennis world.

"Yeah, really looking forward to the tie, something special. Also with Alcaraz here, you have some big names in the other team. So really looking forward to the tie, and let's see how the madness is going to be."

And Dutch No.1 Tallon Griekspoor added: "I think it's a special occasion for everyone but also for us to play Alcaraz/Nadal here in Malaga. Like you said, Nadal's last event, so I expect, well, crazy atmosphere. I think it's going to be an amazing day, and hopefully we're able to get a result against them."

Spain captain David Ferrer must decide whether to play Nadal, who has struggled with a hip injury over the last two year. in the singles or doubles.

In an interview for the Spanish Tennis Federation, the 14-time French Open winner said: "I'm going to try to prepare in the best way possible to be available and then see what the captain decides. I want to help in any way, whether it's playing or not, just being here and contributing what I can.

"First we have to see how I feel in training. If I really don't see myself ready to have a chance of winning in singles, I'm the first one who will not want to play. Sometimes one sees oneself ready and things go very wrong."