ATP Cup- Novak Djokovic to lead Group A: World No.1 Novak Djokovic might have missed out in Davis Cup Finals but he will be adamant to make it count at ATP Cup. The 20-time Grand Slam champion will lead Serbia in ATP Cup. Follow all the live updates on InsideSport and Discovery App.
“The team event will take place in Sydney from 1-9 January 2022. Top seed Serbia, headlined by World No. 1 Novak Djokovic, will lead Group A, which will also feature Norway, Chile and Spain. Two years ago, Serbia lifted the trophy at the inaugural ATP Cup by defeating Spain in the championship match,” stated an official release.
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The 16 countries set to compete in the third edition of the ATP Cup, which will feature 18 of the top 20 players in the ATP Rankings, were assigned to four groups at the official tournament draw on Tuesday in Australia.
Second seed Russia, the defending champion, is in Group B, which includes Italy, Austria and home nation Australia. World No. 2 Daniil Medvedev and World No. 5 Andrey Rublev will be their country’s top two singles players for the second consecutive year.
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— ATP Tour (@atptour) December 7, 2021
Germany, led by reigning Nitto ATP Finals champion Alexander Zverev, headlines Group C along with Canada, Great Britain and the United States. Fourth seed Greece, with Stefanos Tsitsipas atop the lineup, will be in Group D, which also consists of Poland, Argentina and Georgia.
ATP Chief Tour Officer Ross Hutchins in an official release said: “There’s no better place for us to launch the 2022 season than with the ATP Cup in Sydney. The players have loved competing at this event in recent years and the 2022 player field speaks for itself. We’re delighted that fans will be able to see so many of the world’s best representing their countries in the opening week of the season and we look forward to a fantastic event.”
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— ATP Tour (@atptour) December 7, 2021
This year’s nine-day event will be played in Sydney at Ken Rosewall Arena and Qudos Bank Arena. Following the group stage, the four group winners will advance to the knock-out semi-finals to compete for the trophy. Alongside the event in Week One, there will be ATP 250 events in Adelaide and Melbourne.
Each country at the 2022 ATP Cup will field a team of up to five players, with each tie comprising two singles matches and one doubles match. The No. 2 singles players compete against each other before the No. 1 singles, followed by doubles.
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LIST OF QUALIFIED COUNTRIES AND COMMITTED PLAYERS
| Serbia Novak Djokovic Dusan Lajovic Filip Krajinovic Nikola Cacic Matej Sabanov |
Great Britain Cameron Norrie Daniel Evans Liam Broady Joe Salisbury Jamie Murray |
| Russia Daniil Medvedev Andrey Rublev Aslan Karatsev Roman Safiullin Evgeny Donskoy |
Argentina Diego Schwartzman Federico Delbonis Federico Coria Maximo Gonzalez Andres Molteni |
| Germany Alexander Zverev Jan-Lennard Struff Yannick Hanfmann Kevin Krawietz Tim Puetz |
Austria Dominic Thiem Dennis Novak Lucas Miedler Oliver Marach Philipp Oswald |
| Greece Stefanos Tsitsipas Michail Pervolarakis Petros Tsitsipas Markos Kalovelonis Aristotelis Thanos |
Chile Cristian Garin Alejandro Tabilo Tomas Barrios Vera |
| Italy Matteo Berrettini Jannik Sinner Lorenzo Sonego Simone Bolelli Fabio Fognini |
Spain Roberto Bautista Agut Pablo Carreno Busta Albert Ramos-Vinolas Alejandro Davidovich Fokina Pedro Martinez |
| Norway Casper Ruud Viktor Durasovic Lukas Hellum-Lilleengen Leyton Rivera Andreja Petrovic |
Georgia Nikoloz Basilashvili Aleksandre Metreveli Aleksandre Bakshi Zura Tkemaladze Saba Purtseladze |
| Poland Hubert Hurkacz Kamil Majchrzak Kacper Zuk Jan Zielinski Szymon Walkow |
United States Taylor Fritz John Isner Brandon Nakashima Rajeev Ram Austin Krajicek |
| Canada Felix Auger-Aliassime Denis Shapovalov Brayden Schnur Peter Polansky Steven Diez |
Australia (WC) Alex de Minaur James Duckworth Max Purcell John Peers Luke Saville |
ATP Cup Live streaming: Featured Broadcasters
| Area | ATP Cup |
| Australia | Channel 9 |
| France | beIN Sports |
| Germany | Sky Deutschland |
| Spain | Telefonica (Movistar) |
| United Kingdom | Amazon Prime Video |
| United States | Tennis Channel |
All Broadcasters
| Area | ATP Cup |
| Africa* | Supersport |
| Asia* | Fox |
| Australia | Channel 9 |
| Austria | Sky Deutschland, Servus TV |
| Belgium | BeTV, Telenet / Playsports |
| Brazil | Bandsports |
| Bulgaria | A1 – Max Sports |
| Canada | TSN |
| China | Iqiyi |
| Cyprus | Nova |
| Czech Republic | Eurosport Ceske TV |
| Denmark | TV2 |
| Europe 1* | Setanta |
| Europe 2* | United Media (IKO Sportklub) |
| France | beIN Sports |
| Georgia | Silk Media |
| Germany | Sky Deutschland |
| Greece | Nova |
| Hong Kong | Fox |
| Hungary | Eurosport |
| India* | Discovery |
| Israel | Sport5 |
| Italy | Sportcast (SuperTennis) |
| Japan | TV Asahi |
| Latin America | ESPN |
| Malaysia | Fox |
| Malta | Go/TSN |
| Middle East & North Africa | ATP Tennis TV |
| Moldova | Setanta |
| Netherlands | Ziggo |
| Philippines | Fox |
| Poland | Polsat |
| Portugal | Sport TV |
| Republic of Ireland | Amazon Prime Video |
| Romania | Eurosport |
| Russia | Match TV |
| Scandinavia (ex. Denmark) | Eurosport |
| Singapore | Fox |
| Slovakia | Eurosport |
| South America | ESPN |
| South Korea | Fox |
| Spain | Telefonica (Movistar) |
| Switzerland | Sky Deutschland, SRG |
| Taiwan | N/A |
| Thailand | Fox |
| Turkey | Saran (S Sport) |
| Ukraine | Setanta |
| United Kingdom | Amazon Prime Video |
| United States | Tennis Channel |
| Vietnam | Fox |
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