MOSCOW, Jan 2 Australia beat Italy in the first round of the group stage The Association of Tennis Professionals' Cup (ATP Cup) in Sydney, which has a prize pool of $ 10 million, ended 2-1 in favor of the Australians. Italian Yannick Sinner beat Australian Max Purcell — 6: 1, 6: 3, and Matteo Berrettini lost to Alex de Minaur — 3: 6, 6: 7 (4: 7). In a doubles match, John Pierce and Luc Saville beat Berrettini and Simone Bolelli — 6: 3, 7: 5. The Italians and Australians play in Group B together with the Russian team, which beat the French with the same score earlier on Sunday. In the second round, the Russians will play against the Australians, the French against the Italians. Both matches will take place on January 4th, with the British 2-1 beating the Germans in Group C. Jan-Lennard Struff lost to Daniel Evans — 1: 6, 2: 6, and Alexander Zverev was stronger than Cameron Norrie — 7: 6 (7: 2), 6: 1. In a doubles match, Evans and Jamie Murray defeated Zverev and Kevin Kravitz — 6: 3, 6: 4. Earlier on Sunday, the first match meeting in this quartet took place — the Americans beat the Canadians with a score of 3-0. John Isner beat Braden Cord — 6: 1, 6: 3, Taylor Fritz was stronger than Felix Auger-Allassim — 6: 7 (6: 8), 6: 4, 6: 4, and in a pair the Americans defeated Auger-Allassim and Denis Shapovalov with a score of 6: 4, 6: 4.
