Canada secures first victory at new ATP Cup

Tennis - ATP Cup - Queensland Tennis Centre, Brisbane, Australia - January 3, 2020 Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov react during their Group F doubles match against Greece's Michail Pervolarakis and Petros Tsitsipas REUTERS/Tracey NearmyCanada secured the first match of the new ATP Cup with Denis Shapovalov and Felix Auger-Aliassime winning their singles matches against Stefanos Tsitsipas and Michail Pervolarakis of Greece.

“It’s always amazing to be part of the team and have kind of a team feeling — it’s pretty rare on the tour, so I definitely love it and I always feel like I thrive off that atmosphere,” Shapovalov said. “So, yeah, I’m really happy, happy with the result today.” Meanwhile, Nick Kyrgios served 20 aces in a win that cost him $4,000 in local currency and helped set up Australia’s opening ATP Cup win over Germany.

Kyrgios devised the cash for aces idea earlier in the week, and inspired other fundraising efforts from other players and from organizers of the ATP Cup and the Australian Open. “It’s tough to go out there and concentrate on tennis, to be honest. Every ace I was hitting that’s all I was thinking about. Every time I stepped up to the line that’s all I was thinking about.”Story continues below advertisement

Fifth-ranked Daniil Medvedev gave Russia a 2-0 lead against Italy when he beat Fabio Fognini 1-6, 6-1, 6-3 in the second singles match.

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