01/08/2020
Tennis » Alexander Zverev and his teammates were eliminated in the group stage of the ATP Cup.
Russia and Great Britain have won their tickets for the quarter-finals of the ATP Cup which is contested in several Australian cities, unlike Germany which left in the group stage after the underperformance of its leader, Alexander Zverev. On the other hand, the Russians were full: by beating Casper Ruud and Viktor Durasovic respectively, Daniil Medvedev and Karen Khachanov won their third duel in a row, propelling their team to the quarterfinals of the competition.
Impressive, Medvedev, 5th in the world, struck 34 winning strokes and 13 aces to rule out the young but tough Norwegian wolf, who nevertheless fell from two other members of the top 10 in his previous meetings (Isner and Fognini). Conversely, Zverev completely missed out on the competition. After losing to Australian Alex De Minaur and Greek Stéfanos Tsitsipas, the world No. 7 bowed yesterday in just over an hour against Canadian Denis Shapovalov. The German giant was betrayed by his service throughout the competition, with no less than 31 double faults. Something to worry about within 15 days of the start of the Australian Open in Melbourne.
In group C, Great Britain won their qualification by beating Moldova 3-0, and also thanks to Belgium’s victory over Bulgaria (2-1) which allowed the English to secure first place. In the quarterfinals, they will face Australia, already qualified since Sunday, but which offered a prestigious victory yesterday, seeing Nick Kyrgios beat the Greek Stéfanos Tsitsipas, N ° 6 world, after a particularly close match. ats
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