With the ATP Cup 2021 drawn, the Spanish team, led by Rafael Nadal, began its journey against the local, Australia. However, there was a small change minutes before we hit the track.
As he did on his social media, the world number 2, would not appear in his match against Australian Alex de Miñaur, due to a sword ailment. Instead, Pablo Carreño came out as his replacement and Roberto Bautista Agut as the first singlista.
Hello everyone, we have decided with #TeamSpain and my team, for not playing today the first game of the @ATPCup in here #Melbourne since I have a stiff lower back. I hope it’s better for Thursday. We have a strong team, everything @ pablocarreno91 @BautistaAgut & @M_Granollers #vamos 🇪🇸
– 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 Argentina schedule):
February 2:
20.00 (from the previous day) Rod Laver Arena Group A Serbia vs Canada John Cain Arena Group C Austria vs Italy
03:30 Rod Laver Arena Group B Spain v Australia John Cain Arena Group D Russia v Argentina
February 3:
20.00 (from the previous day) Rod Laver Arena Group A Germany v Canada John Cain Arena Group C Italy v France
03:30 Rod Laver Arena Group B Greece v Australia John Cain Arena Group D Russia v Japan
February 4:
20.00 (from the day before) Rod Laver Arena Group A Serbia v Germany John Cain Arena Group C Austria v France
03:30 Rod Laver Arena Group B Spain v Greece John Cain Arena Group D Argentina v Japan
February 5:
03:30 Rod Laver Arena Semi-Final 1 Group A Winner v Cattle Group D John Cain Arena Semi-Final 2 Group B Winner v Group C Winner
February 6:
3:30 Final Rod Laver Arena