Over 8 days of competition, ATP Cup 2022 has completed the semi -finals. In the semi-finals 1 yesterday, Spain defeated Poland with a score of 2-1. Accordingly, the two players Pablo Carreno Busta and Roberto Bautista Agut won the first two matches, thereby helping the home team win tickets to the final.
Today 8/1, the semi -final 2 between Russia and Canada has just taken place. Here, Russia is more appreciated when they are the reigning championships, just crowned at the 2021 Davis Cup and owns the No. 2 world player Daniil Medvedev. However, unexpectedly happened in Sydney.
Entering the first men's match, Denis Shapovalov was the representative of Canada, while Russia sent Roman Safiillin to play. Before the opponent with superior class, Safiillin played well. However, he still had to receive defeat with a score of 1-2 (4-6, 7-5 and 4-6).
Being ahead of 0-1, Russia must trust in Medvedev. In the men's match 2, the Russian tennis player encountered Felix Auger Aliassime – a young star who had impressive performances over the past time. The world's No. 2 player did not disappoint the fans.
Accordingly, Medvedev does not take much time to defeat Auger Aliassime. After 2 sets, he won quite easily with a score of 2-0. The set ratios are 6-4 and 6-0 respectively.
Draw 1-1, the two teams were forced to enter the couple to determine the victory. In the Russian team, Medvedev continues to be trusted. He paired with Safiillin to fight the Shapovalov and Aliassime duo on the Canadian side.
In Sydney, 4 players brought the audience an extremely attractive match. In the end, Medvedev and Safiillin had to fail with the score of 1-2. The Russian duo started quite smoothly when winning 6-4 in set 1, but then lost 5-7 and 7-10 at set 2 and 3, thereby receiving a final 1-2 defeat.
With this result, Russia has officially become a former king at the ATP Cup. Meanwhile, Canada will enter the final with Spain to compete for the championship.
Results of the 2022 ATP Cup semi -finals
