MOSCOW, January 8, Sergey Pogrebnyak. Olympic champion Evgeny Kafelnikov said that The Russian national tennis team fulfilled its task at the ATP Cup tournament. On Saturday, the Russian national team lost to the Canadian team at the ATP Cup tournament held in Sydney, Australia with a score of 1-2. In singles, Canadian Denis Shapovalov beat Russian Roman Safiullin with a score of 6: 4, 5: 7, 6: 4, and Daniil Medvedev beat Felix Auger-Alyassim — 6: 4, 6: 0. In the doubles match, Safiullin and Medvedev lost to Auger-Alyassim and Shapovalov with a score of 6: 4, 5: 7, 7:10. «The guys completed the main task, having received good playing practice in the first tournament of the calendar year. It cannot be said that it was an unsuccessful performance. Everything was good. I think everyone should be happy with such a performance of the Russian national team «- said Kafelnikov.» Safiullin played as the second number of the team, in this regard, his performance can be called a discovery. But Roman has been playing for a long time, everyone knows him. We will hope that his performance at the ATP Cup will give him confidence in the future at individual tournaments, «Kafelnikov added.
