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In a Group C match, Struff outlasted John Isner 7-6 (7), 4-6,
7-5 and Zverev defeated Taylor Fritz 6-4, 6-4. The U.S. clawed
back a point in the doubles match, when Isner and Fritz beat
Kevin Krawietz and Tim Puetz 6-0, 6-3.
Also Monday, Italians Matteo Berrettini and Jannik Sinner --
both top-10 ranked players in the world -- teamed up to defeat
France 3-0 in Group B. Argentina swept Greece 3-0 in Group D,
and Chile beat Serbia 2-1 in Group A when Marcelo Tomas Barrios
Vera and Alejandro Tabilo teamed up to win the decisive doubles
match 6-4, 3-6, 10-7, over Nikola Cacic and Ivan Sabanov.
The tournament will run through Jan. 9 and features 16 nations
divided into four groups of four teams. The winners of each
group will advance to the semifinals. Each matchup between
countries in the group stage consists of two singles matches and
a doubles match, with the country winning at least two of three
earning what is termed a "tie" and counting as a win in the
standings.
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No. 7 seed Laslo Djere of Serbia fended off Spain's Roberto
Carballes Baena 7-5, 7-6 (1) in the first round Monday in
Adelaide, Australia.
Eighth-seeded Soonwoo Kwon had an easier time getting through.
The South Korean rolled past Yoshihito Nishioka of Japan 6-1,
6-2. Kwon had 10 aces and won 23 of 30 first-service points
(76.7 percent).
Also in the Round of 32, American Steve Johnson outlasted
Australian wild card Aleksandar Vukic 6-4, 2-6, 6-4, and Thiago
Monteiro of Brazil won the final five points of a third-set
tiebreaker to beat Germany's Daniel Altmaier 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (2).
--Field Level Media
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