Poland beats Argentina to safe semifinal spot at ATP Cup

Hubert Hurkacz beat Diego Schwartzman 6-1, 6-4 to safe Poland’s victory over Argentina on Wednesday and a spot within the ATP Cup semifinals. Poland completed the round-robin stage 3-0 in Group D, with wins over Georgia, Greece and within the top-of-the-table match in opposition to Argentina.
Kamil Majchrzak rallied twice from serve breaks within the second set earlier than beating Federico Delbonis 6-3, 7-6 (3) within the opening singles match and No. 9-ranked Hurzacz clinched the semifinal spot along with his win over of Schwartzman within the second singles encounter. Poland gained the doubles to finish a sweep.
“I’m so happy for our team. We’re in the semis, so super proud of that achievement,” Hurkacz mentioned.
“We have great team spirit. We support each other. I think the atmosphere that we bring helps us play better.” Poland will subsequent meet both Spain or 2020 champion Serbia for a spot within the last.

Chile’s 2-1 win over Norway meant Serbia wanted to comb Spain later Wednesday to maneuver into high spot in Group A and advance to the semifinals. Alejandro Tabilo beat Viktor Durasovic 6-1, 6-7 (5), 6-1 to offer Chile the lead earlier than No. 8-ranked Casper Ruud levelled it for Norway with a 6-4, 6-1 win over Christian Garin.
Tabilo and Tomas Barrios Vera clinched the doubles 6-0, 6-4, giving Chile a 2-1 report within the round-robin stage and leaving Norway 0-3 after earlier losses to Spain and Serbia.