Bella and Schwartzman lost to Rublev and Medvedev

Argentina lost 2-1 to Russia on Tuesday in their first ATP Cup appearance in Melbourne, in preparation for the Australian Open. Singles duels ruled the outcome, because Guido Pella was down Andrey Rublev And Diego Schwartzman versus Daniel Medvedev. Horacio and Zebalos Farest Gonzalez They earned their only light blue and white wins of the day by winning the doubles that ended the series. Thus, he leads the team Jose Acasuso He complicates his chances of advancing to the semi-finals and is no longer on his own.

Bella of Bahia, 44th in the standings, opened the match between the Argentines and the Russians, with a final loss to Rublev (8) 6-1, 6-2 in a specific hour of play. Then Schwartzman (ninth place) lost to Medvedev (fourth place and champion of the London Masters last year), 7-5, 6-3, after an hour and 40 minutes of play.

With the Russians winning, Zebalos are third in the doubles standings, and Gonzales are defeated 6-4 7-6 (6-4) for Aslan Karatsev s Evgeny Donskoy And they put the final numbers for the duel, corresponding to the D.

“I think my backhand is my best shot and in this match it wasn’t good enough. I made some mistakes in important moments, even though I had a good game with my leadership, serve and net. But Medvedev played better. He served very well. That gave him an advantage, “he analyzed Small After the game.

Medvedev agreed. “The key when I play with Diego is that I serve a little better than him and there is my chance,” said the Russian responsible for Schwartzman’s last three defeats in the ring. He had spent it last year at the 1000 Paris Masters and London Masters and now, at the start of that season.

Bella, who had to serve in absolute quarantine after arriving in Australia on one of the flights in which there were cases of coronavirus, admitted that Rublev was a fair winner.

“It was a tough game. I think I played very well. It was my first game in nearly five months, so it was hard for me to be confident tennis. He was able to hit the ball very well, he played much better than me.” He deserved the award. Victory, “Bahian commented.

Argentina’s next match on Thursday, starting at 3.30 in our country, will be against Japan, the team led by Ki Nishikori (41) who will make his debut in the match on Wednesday against Russia.

If the Russians, the region’s top favorites, win the duel against the Asians, they will enter the semi-finals – a match that the first team from each group advances in – and decide to disqualify Argentina. If the win is for the Japanese, Schwartzman will arrive with chances in Thursday’s clash. In that case, the point Zebalos and Gonzalez scored in the doubles could be important.

Serbia, the champion of the first edition of the competition, which was held last year, and the first candidate to lift the Cup in 2021, started with the right foot.

Led by Novak Djokovic, they defeated Canada 2-1 in their Group A debut. Milos Raonic put North America 1-0 ahead with a 6-3 victory over Dusan Lagovic 6-4. The world number one in the series tied, beating Denis Shapovalov 7-5, 7-5. And in doubles, loom Filip Krajinovic defeated Raonic and Shapovalov 7-5, 7-6 (7-4), and decided the victory. On Thursday, they will leave for Germany.

For their part, Spain, which reached the final in 2020, beat Australia 3-0 in Group B’s first date, despite the absence of their star Rafael Nadal. The world number two missed the accident due to severe pain in his back.

Likewise, the Iberians won a landslide victory at the hands of Pablo Carreno Busta, who defeated John Millman 6-2, 6-4; Roberto Bautista Agut, who defeated Alex De Minor 4-6 6-4 6-4; And the Carreño Busta-Granollers duo, who beat John Peers and Luke Saville 6-4, 7-5.

In another series of the day, Austria fell 2–1 to Italy. Denis Novak put Austria ahead 6-3 6-2 over Fabio Funini. Matteo Perettini stunned Dominic Thiem, third in the standings, by beating them 6-2, 6-4 and tied the score. In the crucial duo, Perettini and Funini beat Tim and Novak 6-1, 6-4.

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