ATP Cup: Spain and Poland keep themselves harmless
Spain and Poland celebrated their second victory in their second group matches.
by Florian Goosmann
last edit: Jan 03, 2022, 06:38 am
Spain beat Norway 3-0 in Group A. First, Pablo Carreno Busta (ATP No. 20) lived up to his favorite role against Viktor Durasovic (ATP No. 345) at 6: 3, 6: 3.
Roberto Bautista Agut (ATP No. 19) made the decision in the top singles against Casper Ruud (ATP No. 8): "RBA" won 6: 4, 7: 6 (4) and was virtually inviolable on his own serve , he didn't have to fend off a single break chance.
In the end Alejandro Davidovich Fokina / Pedro Martinez won against Lukas Hellum-Lillegren / Andreja Petrovic 6: 4, 6: 1
Spain had already won the opening game against Chile 3-0. And that, although top man Rafael Nadal is missing - he is playing at the ATP tournament in Melbourne this week .
The Spaniards will face Serbia in the final group match on Wednesday.
Hubert Hurkacz has to play against world no. 571 over three sentences
Even the Polish team didn't let a lot burn in the 3-0 win against Georgia in Group D. First, Kamil Majchrzak (ATP No. 117) won against Aleksandre Bakshi (ATP No. 974) 6: 1, 6: 1. Afterwards Hubert Hurkarcz (ATP No. 9) had to torment himself in the 6: 7 (5), 6: 3, 6: 1 against Alexandre Metreveli (ATP No. 571).
Szymon Walkow and Jan Zielinski made it 3-0 at 6: 7 (2), 6: 2, [10: 6] against Bakshi and Metreveli.
Georgia's top man, Nikoloz Basilashvili (ATP No. 22), had withdrawn the day before.
Poland also had a successful start against Argentina on Saturday and will face Argentina in the final group game.
Today Greece and Argentina as well as Serbia and Chile play against each other (from 7.30 a.m. CET, here live ).
Germany lost their opening game in Group C against Great Britain on Sunday.