Medvedev lost in singles but won doubles in Russian ATP Cup victory

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The 2022 season started with Russian Daniil Medvedev, who is currently ranked second in the world. In competitions between the national teams in Sydney, Australia, with the difficult mission of leading the finished Russian team to the bi-championship of the ATP Cup, it lost singles games and went on to score a tough victory over France in the first round. The pair joined. Group B.

Left-hander Yugo Humbert put up a brilliant performance against Medvedev and took the match almost to the limit with a marathon run of 2 hours 58 minutes. Medvedev won the tight first set, 7/6 (with 7/5 in the tie-break), and also opened 3/0 in the second set.

Always with stellar returns and a very strong base game, Umbert reacted, turning 7/5 with 10 more unforced errors, and once again saw the Russian lead with 3/1 in the deciding set. They quickly recovered the break and then both continued without break-points, but in tight games until a new tiebreak, where Umbert started 4–0 and never turned back.

Shortly before this, Russian No. 2 Roman Safiulin, just 167th in the ATP rankings, stunned Arthur Rinderknecht, 58th, 6/2, 5/7 and 6/3, and Medvedev joined specialists Fabrice Martin and Edouard. Big win over Roger. -Vaseline for double 6/4.

In the feud between Australia and Italy, the better for the hosts, who won 2–1. In the first game, Janik Sinner scored 6/1 and 6/3 against Max Purcell and opened the scoring for the Europeans. Of. But the Australians reacted and equalized with Alex de Minaur’s 6/3 and 7/6 (7/4) wins over Matteo Berrettini. In doubles, John Pearce and Luke Saville beat Simone Bolelli and Berrettini 6/3 and 7/5.

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USA win and lead – The Americans did not lose games to Canada and took the lead in Group C. John Isner overtook Breden Schnur, who replaced Denis Shapovalov 6/1 and 6/3 in the final minute, and Taylor Fritz 6/7 (6/8), 6/4 and 6/4 by Felix Brilliant performance in the turn over from Auger-Aliasim.

The two Americans also paired up and kept the momentum going, beating Aliasim and Shapovalov 6/4 and 6/4. In the next round, the United States faces Germany and Canada tries to retaliate against Great Britain.

The Germans, along with world number three Alexander Zverev, won a singles game and entered the decisive doubles duel with opportunities, but this did not prevent Great Britain from achieving their first victory.

Zverev pulled off a very balanced first set against Cameron Norie, 12th in the rankings, and then took off, finishing with scores of 7/6 (7/2) and 6/1. Shortly before, Daniel Evans ignored Jan-Lenard Struff, with devastating victories 6/1 and 6/2.

Confident, Evans joined the pair with Jamie Murray and there the British showed a better relationship than Zverev and Kevin Kravitz, giving the British victory 6/3 and 6/4.

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