2020 ATP Cup - General Discussion

Which team will win the ATP Cup?

  • Serbia

    Votes: 6 9.5%

  • Spain

    Votes: 32 50.8%

  • Australia

    Votes: 10 15.9%

  • France

    Votes: 1 1.6%

  • Russia

    Votes: 3 4.8%

  • Argentina

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • USA

    Votes: 2 3.2%

  • Croatia

    Votes: 2 3.2%

  • Germany

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Other

    Votes: 7 11.1%
  • Total voters
    63
  • Poll closed .
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Date: 3 January - 12 January
Edition: 1st
Participations: 24 teams
Prize money: $15,000,000
Surface: Hard (GreenSet)
Location: Sydney, Brisbane and Perth; Australia
Venue: Ken Rosewall Arena, Pat Rafter Arena, Perth Arena
TV broadcast:
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ATP Cup TV Schedule Released

The complete TV schedule for the inaugural ATP Cup, to be held in Brisbane, Perth and Sydney from 3-12 January 2020.
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Groups:
Group A (Brisbane)
1. Serbia (Novak Djokovic, Dušan Lajović, Nikola Milojević)
2. France (Gaël Monfils, Benoît Paire, Gilles Simon)
3. South Africa (Kevin Anderson, Lloyd Harris, Ruan Roelofse)
4. Chile (Cristian Garín, Nicolás Jarry, Alejandro Tabilo)

Group B (Perth)
1. Spain (Rafael Nadal, Roberto Bautista Agut, Pablo Carreño Busta)
2. Japan (Yoshihito Nishioka, Go Soeda, Toshihide Matsui)
3. Georgia (Nikoloz Basilashvili, Aleksandre Metreveli, George Tsivadze)
4. Uruguay (Pablo Cuevas, Martín Cuevas, Franco Roncadelli)

Group C (Sydney)
1. Belgium (David Goffin, Steve Darcis, Kimmer Coppejans)
2. Great Britain (Dan Evans, Cameron Norrie, James Ward)
3. Bulgaria (Grigor Dimitrov, Dimitar Kuzmanov, Alexandar Lazarov)
4. Moldova (Radu Albot, Alexander Cozbinov, Egor Matvievici)

Group D (Perth)
1. Russia (Daniil Medvedev, Karen Khachanov, Teymuraz Gabashvili)
2. Italy (Fabio Fognini, Stefano Travaglia, Paolo Lorenzi)
3. USA (John Isner, Taylor Fritz, Tommy Paul)
4. Norway (Casper Ruud, Viktor Durasovic, Lukas Hellum Lilleengen)

Group E (Sydney)
1. Austria (Dominic Thiem, Dennis Novak, Sebastian Ofner)
2. Croatia (Borna Ćorić, Marin Čilić, Viktor Galović)
3. Argentina (Diego Schwartzman, Guido Pella, Juan Ignacio Londero)
4. Poland (Hubert Hurkacz, Kamil Majchrzak, Kacper Żuk)

Group F (Brisbane)
1. Germany (Alexander Zverev, Jan-Lennard Struff, Mats Moraing)
2. Greece (Stefanos Tsitsipas, Michail Pervolarakis, Markos Kalovelonis)
3. Canada (Denis Shapovalov, Félix Auger-Aliassime, Steven Diez)
4. Australia (Alex de Minaur, Nick Kyrgios, John Millman)
 
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Fridge

Fridge

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its crazy some of the drop off you have between the first and second guys from some of these countries.
 
gogo

gogo

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tonylg said:
FAA has come out to play in a blue shirt. Did he lose all his red ones?

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It does seem strange, when the rest of the team is wearing red. But did you know that Canada's official colours are red, white and BLUE? The blue just isn't in the flag, so most Canadians, and others, presume that the national colours are simply red and white.
Still....
 
gogo

gogo

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I have been pleasantly surprised by the play quality of the Greek guy playing Felix. Yes, the score in the first set was dominant, but he was aggressive and often had points against Felix on his serve. And, he can return serve, in spite of being a giant. He came to play.
 
badteeth

badteeth

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Still can't see what the FAA hype is all about.. sure if he gets a comfortable short ball he can smack a forehand into the corner but there's nothing really special about that
 
gogo

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badteeth said:
Still can't see what the FAA hype is all about.. sure if he gets a comfortable short ball he can smack a forehand into the corner but there's nothing really special about that
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Guess you've missed all of his crazy wide stretches in the back corners to return the ball? How often have you watched him? He is one of the most athletic players of all time.
Having said that, he is cerebral, and he thinks too much at times and then mis-hits. And he cares, particularly when playing for others. That might be his downfall. But his skills?...no one can deny those. IMHO.
 
gogo

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gogo said:
It does seem strange, when the rest of the team is wearing red. But did you know that Canada's official colours are red, white and BLUE? The blue just isn't in the flag, so most Canadians, and others, presume that the national colours are simply red and white.
Still....
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In the interview after the match, Felix referred to his shirt colour, and a 'confusion' with the team. Seems that he misunderstood something and showed up with the blue shirt.
 
Meles

Meles

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badteeth said:
Still can't see what the FAA hype is all about.. sure if he gets a comfortable short ball he can smack a forehand into the corner but there's nothing really special about that
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Forehand and serve major weapons with no weakness. Still likely dominant number one of the coming decade.:p
 
gogo

gogo

Legend
I see on twitter that someone complained that Tennis Channel is showing the Tsitsit/Shapo match over the Isner v ?? match. Hmmm.
 
B

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I know it's a freak thing, but do they really need to be so cheap that they have to move back and forth between serve and line? Just have three and keep them there.
 
Meles

Meles

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It has to be said that this does not have anywhere near the atmosphere of Davis Cup Finals.:unsure:
 
Meles

Meles

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Great time of year for young players as they often take a big leap forward in level at the start of the year. Tour is suddenly young again which makes it all the more interesting.

Dat pass by Shapo; FAA approved.:p
 
Meles

Meles

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Tennis TV is really, really struggling. I've got multiple device unable to launch most of the feeds; just thankful Shapo v Tsits feed keeps coming back to life.:sick:
 
gogo

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Haha! Denis with a great DTL, and Stefanos comes back with a great hail Mary.
5-5 in set 2.
 
Meles

Meles

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badteeth said:
The PRA arena is virtually empty in Brisbane.. organisers were upgrading people to the primo seats so that those areas looked full for tv. I'd say the arena is at 50% ?
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Might have just been lull after fans taking break after first match. Really hats off to Aussies who have attended Brisbane well. One of the Sydney groups is a trainwreck with Fraud's withdrawal, but still plenty of fans watching for first day of event.

You'd have to be a fool not to try to attend because its just an impressive number of quality matches for the week and we're still waiting for the first high stakes doubles match.:p

The hard core Davis Cup fans are not here at all, but the general attendance far better than Madrid's Davis Cup Finals. Gotta feeling they ought to bring that to Australia as well. They've got covered courts for these events so they could host Davis Cup Finals in these three sittings or just do the whole thing in Melbourne nearly.
 
Meles

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Yugram said:
Any thoughts on court speed?
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I've got a feeling they've all switched to Basel surface like Auz Open and the only thing saving things here from scorching fast is the covered courts keeping on court temperatures within reason.:sick:
 
Yugram

Yugram

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Meles said:
I've got a feeling they've all switched to Basel surface like Auz Open and the only thing saving things here from scorching fast is the covered courts keeping on court temperatures within reason.:sick:
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Yes, it is GreenSet. Yet I’m quite surprised so far. Expected it to be much worse.
 
Meles

Meles

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Yugram said:
Yes, it is GreenSet. Yet I’m quite surprised so far. Expected it to be much worse.
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Shapo serving like a God on this surface and it just does not look hot on court. The fact that neither has broken gives you a clue.;)
 
Meles

Meles

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Yugram said:
Shapovalov and Tsitsipas both have above average serve and sucky return though. At least rallies doesn’t look like absurdish grass ping-pong.
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Yeah this is lower bouncing than the fast Chinese hard courts.

I have to say given Demon's proclivity for success in fast conditions this is not a bad move by the Aussies. I still hate it and I doubt it does Kyrgios much good, but they are better off rigging things for the Demon.:happydevil:
 
Meles

Meles

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Well Shapo has a better return than Tsits and now apparently a better serve. Canada cruising!
 
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