SYDNEY, Jan 2 — Daniil Medvedev suffered a shock defeat in his opening match of the season against France’s Ugo Humbert today at the ATP Cup, upsetting his preparations for the Australian Open.
The Frenchman rallied from a set down to pull off a big upset 6-7 , 7-5, 7-6 in a gruelling 2hr 55min as Medvedev, red-faced from the heat, ran out of steam. With fifth ranked Andrey Rublev missing after contracting coronavirus at an Abu Dhabi exhibition last month, unheralded Roman Safiullin was drafted in as Russia’s second singles player.
In the other night match, Alexander Zverev’s Germany go up against a British team led by Cameron Norrie, who had a breakout 2021 season that saw him storm through the rankings to end at 12.
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