The participation of the Russian national team in the ATP Cup in Sydney is in doubt due to problems with the composition. President of the Russian Tennis Federation Shamil Tarpishchev told Sport-Express about this.
“Safiullin and Karlovsky will perform together with Medvedev. At the moment, the participation of our team in the tournament is questionable, ”Tarpischev said.
He explained that according to the regulations, each team must have at least two players who are in the top 250 of the world ranking. According to Tarpishchev, the Russian national team was "hit by a pandemic."
The Russian national team has lost two more tennis players before the ATP Cup Tennis “Rublev has already been in quarantine for four days. In addition to him, Aslan Karatsev and Yevgeny Donskoy also fell ill. Why can't Khachanov join the team? At the time of the ATP Cup he will be in Melbourne for tournament 250. Karen initially said that he would not be joining the national team. We cannot submit him to the team, ”said the head of the FTR.
Earlier it became known that Aslan Karatsev and Evgeny Donskoy will not play for the Russian national team at the ATP Cup, which will begin in Sydney on January 1. The tournament will also be missed by Andrei Rublev, who is the fifth racket in the world.
To date, Daniil Medvedev (the second number in the ATP rating), Roman Safiullin (167th) and Evgeny Karlovsky (269th) are listed in the application for the tournament.
The Russian team is the current winner of the tournament. 16 teams will take part in the ATP Cup. The Russians will play in Group B with teams from Italy, Australia and France.
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