MOSCOW, Jan 4 Roman Safiullin brought the Russian team the first point in the match with team Australia in the group stage of the Association of Tennis Professionals Cup (ATP Cup) in Sydney, the prize fund of which is $ 10 million. Teams of Russia and Australia play a second round match in group V. Safiullin (167th ATP rating) beat James Duckworth ( 49) with a score of 7: 6 (8: 6), 6: 4. The match lasted 1 hour 58 minutes and the score became 1-0 in favor of the Russian national team. Daniil Medvedev (2) and Alex de Minaur (34) are next on the court. The Russian team is the current winner of the tournament.
