Game over
Medvedev and Safuillin beat Peers and Saville by 2 x 1 to end the matchup between Russia x Australia. The russians win in all three games against the australians and retake the Group B lead.
Break and set Australia!
After holding their serve, the australian break the opponent's service again and close the set. Here we go to the set tiebreak.
Break!
Australians deliver some good returns and break Russia's serve. Safiullin was on the service. 4/3.
Australia saves itself
With Saville on the serve, australians need to save break point to hold the service game. 3/3
Game Russia
With Medvedev on the serve, the russians guarantee another service game. 3/2
Both confirm
Australia saves two break points on their turn, but holds, just like Russia. 2/2
Australia also holds
All tied for now. Peers was on the serve. 1/1
Russia confirms
Russians start the set holding the serve. 1/0
Set Russia
Russians close the tiebreak by 9-7. 1 set to 0 for them.
Tiebreak
Russia holds after a game that a precise ball on the baseline by Safiullin and a hit from Peers over Saville. 6/6
Both confirm
Australia with Peers on serve and Russia with Medvedev hold their serve. 5/5
All tied up
Russia ties the board of the set with Safiullin on the serve. 4/4
Break returned!
The Russians use a lot of the paralell shots, difficult the australians' job and earn the break back. 4/3
Medvedev holds
World nº 2 confirms his serve this time. 4/2 Australia.
With a little suffering
Australia opens 40-0, loses two points in a row, but closes the service game. Peers had the serve. 4/1
Russians first game
Safiullin serves and Russia gets their first game. 3/1 Australia
Advantage kept
Saville serves and Australia holds on to the serve, and the break ahead. 3/0
Break!
Australian are already ahead, after breaking Medvedev's serve! 2/0
Australia holds
Peers on the serve and game won. 1/0
The game begins
Australia on the serve
Players on the court
Warm ups in session
Next game
To close the matchup, we have the doubles match coming in just a few moments:
Daniil Medvedev/Roman Safiullin (RUS) x John Peers/Luke Saville (AUS)
Game over
Medvedev closes second set by 6/2 and the game by 2 x 0.
Russia wins the matchup against Australia. 2 x 0. The doubles match will still happen, up next.
Medvedev serves for the match again
De Minaur holds. 5/2.
Can't close it!
Medvedev loses the game when serving for the match! 5/1.
Break again!
Medvedev will serve for the sweep in the second set and the match! 5/0
Medvedev holds
The russian opens wide in the second set. 4/0
Another break!
After confirming his serve, Medvedev earns another win on the oponnent's service. 3/0
Break!
De Minaur commits a few unforced errors and loses all points on his serve. Medvedev begins the set again with a break. 1/0
Set Medvedev
World nº 2 closes the first set by 6/4
With difficulty
De Minaur saves two break points and holds his serve. Medvedev will serve for the set at 5/4.
One game away
De Minaur and Medvedev hold their serves, and the russian is now one game away from the victory in the first set. 5/3.
Russian holds
Medvedev remains putting out a lot of deep shots to prepare to go for the winners. He confirms his serve. 4/2.
Australian saves himself
De Minaur saves break point to hold the serve. Medvedev still has one break ahead. 3/2.
De Minaur gets one back
The russian commits a few errors and loses one of the breaks ahead that he had. 3/1.
Another break!
Medvedev wins again on the oponnent's serve and open a good advantage in the first set. 3/0 and service for gim.
And the advantage remains
Medvedev holds his serve. 2/0.
Break!
The world nº 2 begins the game at high level, winning all points on the oponnent's serve. 1/0.
The game begins
De Minaur on the serve
Players on the court
Medvedev and De Minaur are warming up
Next game
In a few moments, the world number two Daniil Medvedev (RUS) and Alex De Minaur (AUS) will be on the court for the second game of the matchup. Stay tuned.
Both hold the serve
Safiullin and Duckworth close their service games with no problem. No break yet. 5/4.
Pretty even match
The players switch a lot of shots and take turns winning the points
And the serves remain intact
No breaks yet. Safiullin confirms. 4/3.
With struggle
Duckworth saves break point to hold his serve. 3/3.
Both hold the serve
The russian and the australian both close their service games fast. No breaks yet in the second set. 3/2.
Safiullin confirms
The russian close the service game with no trouble. 2/1.
Duckworth saves himself
The australian saves two break points by being agressive and going to the net. 1/1.
Safiullin holds
The russian begins the second set on serve and does his part. 1/0
Set Safiullin
The russian wins the tiebreak by 8 to 6. 1-0 on the board.
Tiebreak!
Safiullin also can't close the set on his serve and the decision goes to the tiebreak!
Break!
Safiullin wins four games in a row, gets a break ahead and now is the one to serve for the set, in 6/5.
All tied up
The russian confirms the serve. 5/5 in the first set.
Não fechou!
Duckworth has his service broken again, when serving for the set! 5/4
Safiullin confirms
5/3. Duckworth serves for the set.
One game away
The australian holds his serve and is now one away from winning the first set. 5/2.
Break!
Duckworth uses deep and wide open shots to stay regular from the baseline, and ends up breaking the opponent's serve. 4/2.
Duckworth confirms
Australian faces a few 40-40 situations, but holds the serve in the end. 3/2. No break advantages.
Long games
Both players have difficulties to hold their serves and take to long to close the games, also given he opponent's good returns
All tied within the set
Safiullin holds the serve. 2/2.
Break returned!
After more than tem minutes in the game, Safiullin break the opponent's serve and removes the advantage the other had. 2/1 and service for him.
Break!
Safiullin saves two break points, but can't in the third one. Duckworth ahead. 2/0.
Serve hold
Duckworth loses just one point and closes the service game with an ace. 1/0
The game begins
Duckworth on the serve
Players on the court
Safiullin and Duckworth are warming up
Italy
The current leaders of group B celebrate after the 3-0 victory over France. Who do you think will surpass them, Russia or Australia?
What a finish! 😮
— ATPCup (@ATPCup) January 4, 2022
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On the other matchup
Between the other two teams of Group B, the Italy x France matchup saw the first ones take the victory, with wins in all three disputed games.
So, the italians assume temporarily the lead in the group, with one win, one defeat, four games won and two lost.
The winner of Russia x Australia will surpass them by the end of the day (with two victories in general).
Good morning
Here we go together into the Russia x Australia matchup for the Grou B of the ATP Cup.
First game: Safiullin (RUS) x Duckworth (AUS). AT 1:30 AM (ET).
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What time is Russia-Australia match for ATP Cup?
This is the start time of the game Russia vs Australia of January 4th, 2021, in several countries:
Argentina: 3:30 AM in ESPN
Australia: 5:30 PM in belN Sports
Bolivia: 2:30 AM in ESPN
Brazil: 3:30 AM in Bandsports
Chile: 3:30 AM in ESPN
Colombia: 1:30 AM in ESPN
Ecuador: 1:30 AM in ESPN
Russia: 9:30 AM in Eurosport
USA (ET): 1:30 AM in Tennis Channel
Spain: 7:30 AM in Telefonica/Movistar
Mexico: 0:30 AM in ESPN
Paraguay: 3:30 AM in ESPN
Peru: 1:30 AM in ESPN
Uruguay: 3:30 AM in ESPN
Venezuela: 2:30 AM in ESPN
Russia x Australia prediction
Russia has the upper hand in this one, at least on paper, given their history in the tournament, their current position in Group B and the fact that the world number 2 is playing for them.
We will how it goes on the court.
About the starting time
It's important to highlight that this matchup between Russia and Australian has an predicted starting time for 1:30am (ET). So it can be delayed, depending on how the previous ones goes.
However, it is difficult to happen given that there is some time between the games from the previous night and the ones of this morning.
Teams history in the tournament
As already mentioned, Russia is the current champions of the ATP Cup. In the previous year, in 2020, they lost to Serbia in the semi-finals by 3 to 0.
Australia also was eliminated in the semis in 2020, by Spain (3 x 0). Last year, the australians didn't advanced through the group stage.
ATP Cup history
The tournament saw Serbia as its champion in 2020 and Russia in 2021. They defeated in the finale, respectvily, Spain and Italy.
Group B
Russia and Australia are going to make today an early match for the spot in the semifinals. Only one team of Group B will advance.
The two teams lead the group with one victory each. In the first round, the australians defeated Italy and the russians, France; both matchups won by two matches to one.
The winner of Italy x France, that is going to happen in the previous night, will still have a chance to rise to the top in the last round, but it will depend on the result of the third round and a series of tiebreak criterias.
Checkout how the standings of Group B are right now:
Games of the matchup
This matchup between Russia and Australia will have three games, and we are going to deliver the details of all of them to you, in a row.
So the schedule is:
Not before 1:30am (ET): Roman Safiullin (RUS) x James Duckworth (AUS)
Right after it: World nº 2 Daniil Medvedev (RUS) x Alex de Minaur (AUS)
And then (doubles match): Daniil Medvedev/Roman Safiullin (RUS) x John Peers/Luke Saville (AUS)*
*the countries representants in the doubles match can be changed by the captains until the start of the game
ATP Cup
To give some context, the ATP Cup was created in 2020, as an informal concurrent to the Davis Cup, with the players playing for their countries.
The difference between the two tournament is that this one distributes points for the ATP Rankings, and the other doesn't.
The match will be played at the Sydney Super Dome
The Russia vs Australia matchup will be played at the Qudos Bank Arena, with a capacity of 21,000 people.
The stadium is located within the Sydney Super Dome, in Sydney.
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This game between Russia and Australia happens for Group B of the ATP Cup.