With the ATP Cup 2021 drawn, the Spanish team, led by Rafael Nadal, began its journey against local Australia. However, there was a small change a few minutes before going on the field.
As he did on his social networks, the number 2 in the world, would no longer appear for his match against the Australian Alex de Miñaur, due to a sword disease. Pablo Carreño came on, Roberto Bautista Agut had to leave the fray.A.
Hi everyone, we decided #TeamSpain and my team, not to play the first match of today @ATPCup here in #Melbourne since I have a stiff back. I hope I’ll be better for Thursday. We have a strong team, to the end @ pablocarreno91 @BautistaAgut & @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
Teams:
Serbia: Novak Djokovic, Dusan Lajovic, Filip Krajinovic and Nikola Cacic
Argentine: 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 device (during Argentina):
February 2:
20.00 (from the previous day) Rod Laver Arena Group A Serbia v Canada John Cain Arena Group C Austria v Italy
3:30 Rod Laver Arena Group B Spain v Australia John Cain Arena Group D Russia v Argentina
February 3:
20.00 (the day before) Rod Laver Arena Group A Germany v Canada John Cain Arena Group C Italy v France
3:30 Rod Laver Arena Group B Greece v Australia John Cain Arena Group D Russia v Japan
4th February:
20.00 (a day before) Rod Laver Arena Group A Serbia v Germany John Cain Arena Group C Austria v France
3:30 Rod Laver Arena Group B Spain v Greece John Cain Arena Group D Argentina v Japan
5th of February:
3:30 Rod Laver Arena Semi-Final 1 Winner Group A v Winner Group D John Cain Arena Semi-Final 2 Winner Group B v Winner Group C
February 6:
3:30 Final Rod Laver Arena