Tomorrow 1/1, the 2022 season of the felt ball village will officially start. The first ATP Tour tournament is ATP Cup, the male team tennis tournament took place in Sydney, Australia. ATP Cup will take place within 8 days, from January 1 to 9.
As a new year opening tournament, ATP Cup attracts a lot of attention from the felt ball village. However, the tournament continuously received unhappy news when many players withdraw for a different reasons. Typically of which is due to Covid-19.
By law, each team attending ATP Cup must have at least 1 player in the top 250 ATP. This is also the reason why both Switzerland was eliminated from the tournament. The only one who is eligible for Roger Federer has not been re -appeared after his knee surgery.
Recently, Austria also encountered a similar situation in Switzerland. A few days ahead of the tournament, both Dominic Thiem and Dennis Novak both announced withdrawing from the ATP Cup 2022 for health reasons. These are also the only two players of Austria in the top 250 world. The cannon was then selected instead.
In addition to the above names, ATP Cup 2022 does not have the presence of two top players Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic. While Nole has not been vaccinated against Covid-19 and does not enter Australia, Rafa is not fit enough to play. The King of the Platform was unfortunately involved in Covid-19 after attending the friendly tournament in the UAE.
In addition to the names above, Andree Rublev is also a regretful name. As soon as he arrived in Australia, RubleV had Covid-19 results and had to withdraw from the tournament. This is a small loss of the reigning Russian champion when the 24 -year -old player is the pillar of the team. In addition, Russia also lost Aslan Karatsev – who ranked 18th in the ATP rankings.
This year, ATP Cup has 16 teams attending. The specific format is as follows: 16 divided teams are 4 tables competing in a circle 1 turn. The matches between the two teams will consist of 2 single matches and a double match. At the end of the group stage, 4 teams of the table will reach the semi -finals and finals.
