ATP Cup

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Date: February 2-6, 2021
Surface: Hard

The 2021 ATP Cup schedule has been pushed back by one day. The tournament will now take place from 2-6 February.

For The Love Of Country
The ATP Cup is a team competition to kickstart the men’s tennis season. The tournament is typically played over 10 days in the lead up to the Australian Open and features teams from 24 countries. In the tournament's inaugural edition in 2020, the group stages were hosted in Brisbane, Perth and Sydney, ahead of a four-day knockout stage – quarter-finals over two days, semi-finals and final – played on the Ken Rosewall Arena in Sydney. Novak Djokovic led Team Serbia to victory at the inaugural edition in 2020. In 2021, due to COVID-19, 12 teams will compete in the ATP Cup in Melbourne.

 

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[the AntiPusher]

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Tented, Is FAA playing for team Canada ?

 

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Tented, Is FAA playing for team Canada ?

No, the site lists Shapovalov, Raonic, Steven Diez, and Peter Polansky.

 

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Teams:

Argentina: Diego Schwartzman, Guido Pella, Horacio Zeballos, Maximo Gonzalez
Australia: Alex de Minaur, John Millman, John Peers, Luke Saville
Austria: Dominic Thiem, Dennis Novak, Philipp Oswald, Tristan-Samuel Weissborn
Canada: Denis Shapovalov, Milos Raonic, Steven Diez, Peter Polansky
France: Gael Monfils, Benoit Paire, Nicolas Mahut, Edouard Roger-Vasselin
Germany: Alexander Zverev, Jan-Lennard Struff, Kevin Krawietz, Andreas Mies
Greece: Stefanos Tsitsipas, Michail Pervolarakis, Markos Kalovelonis, Petros Tsitsipas
Italy: Matteo Berrettini, Fabio Fognini, Simone Bolelli, Andrea Vavassori
Japan: Kei Nishikori, Yoshihito Nishioka, Ben McLachlan, Toshihide Matsui
Russia: Daniil Medvedev, Andrey Rublev, Aslan Karatsev, Evgeny Donskoy
Serbia: Novak Djokovic, Dusan Lajovic, Filip Krajinovic, Nikola Cacic
Spain: Rafael Nadal, Roberto Bautista Agut, Pablo Carreno Busta, Marcel Granollers

 

[the AntiPusher]

Teams:

Argentina: Diego Schwartzman, Guido Pella, Horacio Zeballos, Maximo Gonzalez
Australia: Alex de Minaur, John Millman, John Peers, Luke Saville
Austria: Dominic Thiem, Dennis Novak, Philipp Oswald, Tristan-Samuel Weissborn
Canada: Denis Shapovalov, Milos Raonic, Steven Diez, Peter Polansky
France: Gael Monfils, Benoit Paire, Nicolas Mahut, Edouard Roger-Vasselin
Germany: Alexander Zverev, Jan-Lennard Struff, Kevin Krawietz, Andreas Mies
Greece: Stefanos Tsitsipas, Michail Pervolarakis, Markos Kalovelonis, Petros Tsitsipas
Italy: Matteo Berrettini, Fabio Fognini, Simone Bolelli, Andrea Vavassori
Japan: Kei Nishikori, Yoshihito Nishioka, Ben McLachlan, Toshihide Matsui
Russia: Daniil Medvedev, Andrey Rublev, Aslan Karatsev, Evgeny Donskoy
Serbia: Novak Djokovic, Dusan Lajovic, Filip Krajinovic, Nikola Cacic
Spain: Rafael Nadal, Roberto Bautista Agut, Pablo Carreno Busta, Marcel Granollers

Team Spain, Russia and Serbia has the best chance of winning the cup.

 

[Nadalfan2013]

Go Rafa!

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Forza Italia!
Italy defeated Austria 2-1 rubbers winning the doubles Berrettini/Fognini d Theim/Novak 61 64
Earlier in the singles Berrettini d Theim 62 64......Ben fatto Matteo!

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Rafa Nadal withdraws from the singles of the ATP Cup against Australia with a stiff lower back and hopes he will be able to play on Thursday

 

[the AntiPusher]

Rafa Nadal withdraws from the singles of the ATP Cup against Australia with a stiff lower back and hopes he will be able to play on Thursday

WOW

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

WOW

I am glad he is taking the proper precautions and the AO is 6 days away,which is more important than the ATP Cup

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Pablo Carreno Busta will play John Millman in the 1st rubber singles.....they are on court now

Roberto Bautista Agut v Alex de Minaur 2nd singles rubber

Rafa is in the Spain Camp and is busy giving advice to his fellow players

Carreno Busta d Millman 62 64 Vamos!.......I am off to work and will check the scores later

Bautista Agut d Alex de Minaur 46 64 64.

Doubles team Busta/Granollers d Peers/Savile 64 75.....giving Spain a 3-0 in the tie

Spain will play Greece on Thursday.

 

[Moxie]

Spain swept Australia, even without Rafa. Berretini beat Thiem in another tie, and Italy went ahead of Austria 2-1.

 

[Moxie]

So no tennis tomorrow, rain possible for Friday, and the finals are supposed to be on Sunday. How does this potentially mess with the start of the AO?

 

[rafanoy1992]

Looking at the standings for Group B: If Spain wins one match, they are into the semifinals due to having the most match wins the group (4). Greece has to win all three matches to win the group.

As for Group A: straight forward: the winner between Serbia and Germany will advance in the semifinals to face Russia in the semifinals.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Rain is forecast for tomorrow though remember Rod Laver has a roof
So has the other 2 arena's where other tournaments have been playing.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Spain qualifys to make the s/finals..............there is talk that Rafa might play the doubles later

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

djoko v zed later on ?. this is tennis. on it.

 

[rafanoy1992]

The semifinals are set: Germany vs. Russia and Italy vs. Spain

Russia is probably the favorite right now because they have the two hottest players right now: Medvedev and Rublev

It will be interesting to see if Nadal will play at all this weekend (he should not).

Also, if you are Zverev right now, do you play in both the semifinals AND finals knowing you already have played A LOT of matches. In addition, AO starts Monday.

 

[rafanoy1992]

Why in the world Zverev is still playing if he tweaked something in the back knowing that the AO starts in two days?!