With the ATP Cup 2021 drawn, the Spanish team, led by Rafael Nadal, started their way against local Australia. However, there was a slight change minutes before we hit the track.
As he did on his social networks, the world’s number 2 would not appear for his match against Australian Alex de Miñaur, due to a sword condition. Instead, Pablo Carreño came out as his replacement and Roberto Bautista Agut as the first single.a.
Hello everyone, we have concluded with #TeamSpain and my team, today the first game of the @ATPCup in here #Melbourne since I have a stiff low back. Hopefully I’ll be better on Thursday. We all have a strong team @ mrjoshua1971 @BuienRadarNL & @M_Granollers #we go 🇪🇸
– Rafa Nadal (@RafaelNadal) February 2, 2021
All defined groups:
Group A: Serbia, Germany and Canada
Group B: Spain, Greece and Australia
Group C: Austria, Italy and France
Group D: Russia, Argentina and Japan
The teams:
Serbia: Novak Djokovic, Dusan Lajovic, Filip Krajinovic and Nikola Cacic
Argentina: Diego Schwartzman, Guido Pella, Horacio Zeballos and Máximo González
Spain: Rafael Nadal, Roberto Bautista Agut, Marcel Granollers and Pablo Carreño Busta
Italy: Matteo Berrettini, Fabio Fognini, Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori
Austria: Dominic Thiem, Dennis Novak, Philipp Oswald, and Tristan-Samuel Weissborn
Japan: Kei Nishikori, Yoshihito Nishioka, Ben McLachlan, and Toshihide Matsui
Russia: Daniil Medvedev, Andrey Rublev, Aslan Karatsev and Evgeny Dosnkoy
France: Gael Monfils, Benoit Paire, Nicolas Mahut and Edouard Roger-Vasselin
Greece: Stefanos Tsitsipas, Michail Pervolarakis, Markos Kalovelonis and Petros Tsitsipas
Canada: Denis Shapovalov, Milos Raonic, Peter Polansky and Steven Diez
Germany: Alexander Zverev, Jan-Lennard Struff, Kevin Krawietz and Andreas Mies
Australia: Alex de Miñaur, John Millman, John Peers and Luke Saville
Complete fixture (in Argentinian time):
February 2:
8:00 pm (from the previous day) Rod Laver Arena Group A Serbia – Canada John Cain Arena Group C Austria – Italy
3:30 Rod Laver Arena Group B Spain – Australia John Cain Arena Group D Russia – Argentina
February 3:
8 p.m. (the day before) Rod Laver Arena Group A Germany – Canada John Cain Arena Group C Italy – France
3:30 Rod Laver Arena Group B Greece – Australia John Cain Arena Group D Russia – Japan
February 4:
8 p.m. (the day before) Rod Laver Arena Group A Serbia – Germany John Cain Arena Group C Austria – France
3:30 Rod Laver Arena Group B Spain – Greece John Cain Arena Group D Argentina – Japan
February 5:
3:30 Rod Laver Arena Semifinal 1 Winner Group A v Winner Group D John Cain Arena Semifinal 2 Winner Group B v Winner Group C
February 6:
3:30 Final Rod Laver Arena