SYDNEY (Reuters) – Spain’s Roberto Bautista Agut beat world quantity eight Casper Ruud 6-4 7-6(4) on Monday in Group A to eradicate Norway from the ATP Cup in Sydney, whereas Georgia had been additionally knocked out of the staff occasion after defeat to Poland.
Bautista Agut’s victory got here after Pablo Carreno Busta dispatched Viktor Durasovic 6-3 6-3 to offer Spain a 1-0 lead within the tie. The Spaniards, who received their opener towards Chile, face Serbia of their final group match on Wednesday.
“I’m actually completely satisfied. Casper is taking part in unbelievable tennis. He had unbelievable performances final 12 months,” stated Bautista Agut, the world quantity 19.
“Today I performed very well, I made only a few unforced errors and performed aggressively… I really feel completely satisfied, I like taking part in in Australia.”
Kamil Majchrzak gave Poland the lead with a 6-1 6-1 win over Georgia’s Alexsandre Bakshi in just below an hour in Group D earlier than Hubert Hurkacz rallied for a 6-7(5) 6-3 6-1 win towards Aleksandre Metreveli.
“He performed effectively within the first set and issues weren’t going my method,” Hurkacz stated. “But I acquired higher with every set and am completely satisfied to get the win.
“It was completely different situations from the primary match … The ball bounced a bit of greater and quicker, so I wanted to adapt. But it helped to have the Polish crowd right here supporting us. They had been nice.”
Poland, who beat Greece of their group opener on Saturday, can advance to the semi-finals in the event that they beat Argentina on Wednesday.
World quantity 4 Stefanos Tsitsipas, who skipped his ATP Cup opener towards Hurkacz resulting from an elbow harm, will play his first singles match of the 12 months towards Argentina’s Diego Schwartzman in Group D afterward Monday.
Serbia face Chile in Group A within the different night tie.
(Reporting by Hritika Sharma in Bengaluru; Editing by Peter Rutherford)
