ATP Cup 2021 - What we have learned
The ATP Cup 2021 is history: smaller than the year before. And yet a success even with the second edition. According to the circumstances. Russia won the title with a 2-0 win over Italy.
by tennisnet.com
last edit: Feb 07, 2021, 09:11 am
Yes, the Australian summer is no longer what it was last year. Well, like everything else, the ATP Cup had to move back a few weeks, maybe autumn is already approaching in Melbourne. Especially since insiders report that all four seasons can be marveled at on selected days in this city. It wasn't that bad in the past few days. Nevertheless, a noticeable number of those involved in the coaching box only showed themselves in the long gap. But what was still missing: Mittens from the Bernie Sanders brand.
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Speaking of. A very nice side effect of the comparatively cool temperatures: The bad habit of "toweling" seems to have gone out of fashion for the moment, hardly a player has reached for the towel more often than actually necessary. If so, then some of them have reached out: like Nicolas Mahut, to whom we warmly treat the towel service by Captain Richard Ruckelshausen. After all, Mahut is already 39 years old.
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Novak Djokovic is still unbeatable at the ATP Cup. In single. The winning streak now stands at eight matches, the six from last year also included those against Denis Shapovalov and Alexander Zverev . But: It was precisely that Zverev who, together with Jan-Lennard Struff , caused the world's number one bankruptcy. And for the Serbs to leave the group stage. Struff / Zverev beat Djokovic and Nikola Cacic in the match tie-break. At least Djokovic granted a free weekend.
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The squad of celebrity cheerleaders has grown over the course of the week: Rafael Nadal kicked off on Tuesday, did not play against Australia, but wanted to come back in the second group match against Greece. He did not come. Just as little asAndreas Mies , the unlucky one in the German team, who will record the entire trip to Australia as mainly exhausting due to a knee injury. And after only one mission, Gael Monfils has also retired into the role of cheer.
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In the end, it helps most if you have two absolute top singers in your ranks. That would have been the case with the Spaniards with Nadal and Roberto Bautista Agut, that was what brought the Russians to the title. The fact that Daniil Medvedev would win so smoothly against Matteo Berrettini came as a surprise.