The tennis players of the Russian national team performed a miracle, reaching the semifinals of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Cup in Sydney, despite problems with the composition, President of the Russian Tennis Federation Shamil Tarpishchev told RIA Novosti.

“I can only praise the guys. They performed a real miracle in the semi-finals! It's a shame that we were closer to victory than the Canadians. There was an option to beat Safiullin when there were six break points in the third set. If he had won a point, he would have brought the match to victory there, ”Tarpischev said.

According to the head of the federation, the Russians were unlucky in the tie-break in the doubles meeting.

“In the doubles match, the game was offensive when the ball rolled over from the cable in favor of the opponent. It was bad luck. Otherwise, there would not have been the emotional background that the Canadians acquired after winning the game. Due to these emotions, they served very cleanly. And so the guys played above all praise and performed a miracle, reaching the semifinals with this composition, ”added Tarpischev.

Russian tennis players failed to make it to the final of the ATP Cup Tennis On Saturday, the Russian national team met with the Canadians in the semifinals of the ATP Cup. Roman Safiullin lost to Denis Shapovalov in three games - 4: 6, 7: 5, 4: 6. Daniil Medvedev equalized the score in the match, beating Felix Auger-Alyassim - 6: 4, 6: 0. In the doubles meeting, Safiullin and Medvedev lost to their rivals in a tie-break - 6: 4, 5: 7, 7:10.

Evgeny Karlovsky was also included in the team for the tournament. In the group stage, the Russians defeated the French, Australians and Italians.

Andrei Rublev, Aslan Karatsev, Evgeny Donskoy and Karen Khachanov could not play for the Russian national team in the tournament.

In 2021, the Russians won the ATP Cup.

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