MOSCOW, Jan 8, Sergey Pogrebnyak. Head of the Russian Tennis Federation (RTF) Shamil Tarpishchev called the performance of the Russian team at the ATP Cup a real miracle. On Saturday, the Russian team finished their performance at the ATP Cup in Sydney, Australia, losing 1-2 in the semifinals of the tournament to the Canadian team. 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 meeting, Medvedev and Safiullin lost to Shapovalov and Auger-Alyassim with a score of 6: 4, 5: 7, 7:10. «I can only praise the guys. They performed a real miracle in the semifinals! It's a shame that we were closer to victory. than the Canadians. There was an option to beat Safiullin when he had six break points in the third set. If he had won a point, he would have brought the match to victory, «said Tarpishchev.» It was bad luck. Otherwise, there would not have been the emotional background that the Canadians acquired after winning the game. Due to these emotions, they served very cleanly. And so, the guys played above all praise and performed a miracle, reaching the semifinals with this composition «, — added Tarpischev.
