While Argentinean Davis Cup team captain Alberto Mancini is celebrating the fact that his team will not have to face Rafael Nadal at the 2008 Davis Cup final, his enthusiasm is not shared by all Argentineans.

In recent days a grassroots campaign has emerged in Argentina calling for the Davis Cup final to be postponed until Rafael Nadal is fit enough to participate in the event. The campaign is the brainchild of one Julian Baena, who has set up www.quieroganarleanadal.com in order to garner support for his cause.

“There’s nothing more beautiful than to go down in history winning the final against the No. 1 in the world,” Baena says on the website. “That’s why I propose: Let’s postpone the Davis Cup final until Rafa recovers. Two weeks. A month. Whatever is necessary for him to be 100 per cent.”

The reaction to Baena’s campaign has proved that he is not alone in wanting to watch the two strongest possible teams contest the 2008 Davis Cup final. Around 13,000 Argentineans have signed the site’s petition for the delay of the Davis Cup final.

“I heard that many people… talked about how that was good news,” Baena says on the site. “Not for me. For me it’s terrible news. I want to beat Nadal.”