Atp Cup, Spain and Poland fly to the semifinals. And tonight there is Italy-Russia

The first semifinal of the 2021 Atp Cup has been decided, a team competition underway in Sydney and now in its third edition. Poland and Spain will face each other thanks to the successes collected on the fifth day of the event.

POLAND-ARGENTINA

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The first spot available for the final stages was occupied by Poland, who won over Argentina with a clear 3-0. Protagonists of the Italian night Hubert Hurkacz and Kamil Majchrzak who during the week left only one partial to their opponents. “We are a great team, we support each other. We are proud of this result”, the words of Hurkacz after beating the world no.13 Diego Schwartzman 6-1, 6-4. “He’s a player who fights on every ball, I knew I had to do something really special to hit him.” Special also the performance of Majchrzak in a comparison anything but obvious with Federico Delbonis, beaten after almost two hours of play with a score of 6-3, 7-6 (3). In the doubles, Walkow and Zielinski thought about inflicting the coup de grace on the direct competitor for the semifinals, winning 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5).

SPAIN-SERBIA

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In the evening session Spain was quick to qualify thanks to the best weekly performance of Pablo Carreno Busta. In the opening match the Spaniard got rid of Filip Krajinovic without too many problems with a score of 6-3; 6-4 matured in an hour and 20 minutes of play. “I am close to my 100%”, the considerations of the No. 20 in the world. “Today I played really well, I was aggressive and solid. I feel very comfortable on this field.” Roberto Bautista-Agut, at the most successful player of the competition with six sets won and none lost. The Spaniard continued to demonstrate his great period of form by defeating Dusan Lajovic 6-1; 6-4 in the set of halves. In double meager consolation for Serbia thanks to the comeback of the Cacic-Sabanov couple (b. Martinez / Ramos-Vinolas 6-7 (5); 6-3, 10-5).

DOUBT TSITSIPAS

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Despite the consoling 2-1 victory over Georgia, the current situation at Greece is worrying. Stefanos Tstitsipas’ retirement in the second singles match against Nikoloz Basilashvili did nothing but generate further doubts about his real condition ahead of the Australian Open. After the marathon with Schwartzman, the number 4 in the world said he was unable to serve in training and the need for more recovery times due to the operated elbow was felt even today on the field. “I played a match and a half, I don’t know how much the situation has improved. I definitely need to play more games to understand,” said Tstitsipas after retiring. The definitive defeat of Norway last in Group A and defeat by Chile 2-1 was also recorded on the day.

TONIGHT ITALY

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On Thursday 6 January we will find out which will be the other two winning nations of the group stage. In Group C the situation is in total balance with all the teams still at 1-1 and therefore still in the race to qualify for the decisive stages of the tournament. Competing for a place in the semi-final in Group B will be Italy and Russia. For the purposes of qualification, Vincenzo Santopadre’s men will necessarily have to beat the outgoing champions in the remake of the 2021 final. The Azzurri will be in action starting from midnight with Jannik Sinner and Matteo Berrettini respectively engaged in singles against Safiullin and Medvedev. The match will be broadcast exclusively by the Italian Tennis Federation channel, Supertennis TV (64 on digital terrestrial and 224 on Sky). If in possession of mobile devices, to access the live streaming, simply connect to the official Supertennis TV website.