ATP Cup: the schedule is fixed - Austria starts against Russia, Germany against Great Britain
The schedule for the ATP Cup, which starts on January 1st, has already been set. According to this, Germany and Austria will start the tournament on January 2nd - Austria with probably the biggest challenge of the tournament against Russia, Germany will start with Great Britain. You can see the ATP Cup live on ServusTV.
by Michael Rothschädl
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Dec 09, 2021, 03:32 pm
The tennis fans really don't have to wait long until the ATP tour starts again. And for the particularly die-hard, the Mubadala World Tennis Championship with entries from Dominic Thiem, Andrey Rublev, Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray and several other top stars offer an at least interesting alternative to shorten the wait for the start of the season. By January 1st, to be precise, when the ATP Cup will start in 2022.
The competition format for the Davis Cup Finals is being used by many top stars in preparation for the Australian Open again this year - only Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer of the absolute top stars have so far canceled their start at the team event. Also in Down Under: Germany and Austria, who only faced each other a few days ago in the group stage of the Davis Cup Finals in Innsbruck. This time the Austrians and their German competitors are increasingly entering the race - Dominic Thiem and Alexander Zverev have announced their start.
Difficult start for Austria
While on Saturday Chile against Spain and Argentina against Georgia will open the tournament in the day session, Austria and Germany will not start until Sunday. For the former, the first task at the team event is tough: Dominic Thiem & Co will kick off against Russia, which after triumphing at the Davis Cup Finals with Daniil Medvedev, Andrey Rublev and Aslan Karatsev are also the hottest in Australia Are title contenders.
Germany will start against Great Britain on Sunday. The British will come up with the same formation down under as at the Davis Cup Finals, Cameron Norrie and Dan Evans are considered the planned singles, in doubles they have a strong duo on their side with Jamie Murray and Joe Salisbury. Germany, on the other hand, is led by Alexander Zverev, Jan-Lennard Struff is moving back to the "two-man" position, unlike at the Davis Cup.
Germany finally against Canada
In the second group game on Tuesday, the men around Dominic Thiem will meet Italy, in which Matteo Berrettini and Jannik Sinner have announced themselves as the top two individual players. The last group game is against the supposedly weakest opponents: the home side from Australia. These send Alex de Minaur and James Duckworth into the singles race according to plan.
Germany, on the other hand, will meet the concentrated serving power from the USA on Tuesday. As planned, they will start in the individual with Taylor Fritz and John Isner, Reilly Opelka is missing. The supposedly toughest chunk is waiting for Alexander Zverev & Co in the last group game. There it goes against the Canadians around Felix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov.