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1. Voo de Mar says:

   February 15, 2021 at 11:06 am

   # Due to Covid-19, the second edition was limited from 24 to 12 teams and the champion was supposed to play 4 ties instead of 6 (Serbia in 2020)

   Points won by each set: | 27-11, 29-14 |
   Points won directly behind the serve:
   30 % Rublev – 12 of 39
   21 % Fognini – 9 of 42

   Brutal performance of Rublev [8] who destroyed his tricky opponent from the back of the court. Fognini [11] was trying everything to slow the game down, but in vain. A year before Rublev was disappointed that Khachanov played the event along with Medvedev. “I was playing really well all week since the first match and I was just going on court thinking that I needed to fight for every ball. I played Fabio before six times and I lost a few times really tough matches, really painful ones,” Rublev said. “I knew it didn’t matter the score, he always has a chance. He always knows how to come back, so I was trying to keep going no matter the score. In the end, I’m really happy with the way it went today and the way I played today.”

   Final (Melbourne): Russia d. Italy 2-0
   Andrey Rublev – Fabio Fognini 6-1, 6-2
   Daniil Medvedev – Matteo Berrettini 6-2, 6-4
   Evgeny Donskoy/Aslan Karatsev vs Simone Bolelli/Andrea Vavassori – not played

   Russia’s route to the title:
   round robin: Argentina 2-1, Japan 2-1
   S: Germany 2-1, W: Italy 2-0

   Rublev & Medvedev 4-0 in singles; in doubles: Donskoy 0-2, Karatsev 0-3, Rublev 0-1

   

   From left: Medvedev, Rublev, Karatsev & Donskoy (captain)

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