MOSCOW, Jan 4 World No. 2 Daniil Medvedev brought the Russian team an early victory in a match with the Australian team at 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. Medvedev beat Alex de Minaura — 6: 4, 6: 2. The match lasted 1 hour and 20 minutes. Earlier, Roman Safiullin beat James Duckworth (7: 6 (8: 6), 6: 4). The score in the match was 2-0 in favor of the Russian national team. In the third meeting, pairs will go to court. The Russian national team is the current winner of the tournament.