Today 02/02, the Tennis ATP Cup 2021 has officially started.
Along with the bad news from Covid's epidemic, today, with the fans of the Spanish tennis team, it is even more worried when their No. 2 player – Rafael Nadal has back pain and have to quit playing.
The Spain's coaching staff had to change personnel at the last minute. Although Nadal was absent, his teammate also excelled in Australia with a score of 3-0 in Group B. However, Nadal also said he and the medical team would try to recover the injury as quickly as he needed time to prepare for the upcoming Australian Open tournament on February 8.
Meanwhile, Novak Djokovic has won quite easily against his opponent Denis Shapovalov with a score of 2 sets of 7-5.
It is the reigning champion of Australia with Filip Frajinovic to lower Shapovalov/Milos Raonic after 2 sets to help the home winner 2-1 in Group A.
In Group C, Austria loses 1-2 quite painful due to the star Dominic Thiem suddenly collapsed 6-2, 6-4 to Matteo Berrettini.
The failure of Thiem caused Austria to miss the chance of winning early due to previous, Dennis Novak excelled in lowering Fabio Fognini 6-3, 6-2. Fabio Fognini once interrupted the top 10 in the world, occupying the 9th place.
In Group D, Russia won Argentina 2-1 when Daniil Medvedev and Andrey Rublev decided to get the situation soon.
Medvedev defeated No. 9 in the world Diego Schwartzman 7-5, 6-3 after 1 hour 40 minutes, and RubleV marked the first time attending ATP Cup with the victory of Guido Pella 6-1, 6-2 after only 1 hour.
