Durasovic/Ruud Complete Comeback For Norway

After saving two match points against John Isner to force a winner-takes-all doubles match at the ATP Cup, Casper Ruud combined with Viktor Durasovic to earn a 2-1 win for Team Norway against Team United States on Friday.

The Norwegian duo recovered from a set down in Perth to beat Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram 4-6, 6-3, 10-5 and move to 1-0 in Group D. Ruud and Durasovic won 78 per cent of service points (45/58) throughout the encounter to claim the win after 76 minutes.

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“I think I made a great effort today,” said Ruud. “We were one point away from losing the tie, and even if I’d lost [against Isner] 7-6, 7-6, I wouldn’t have thought I’d done a lot wrong. We tried to play aggressively in the doubles, against two good doubles players, but we’re good singles players and tried to win our way, not coming to the net a lot. We’re very happy to beat Team United States".

After winning their singles matches, Felix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov earned a third victory for Canada against Greece on Pat Rafter Arena. The #NextGenATP stars dropped just two points behind their first serves (24/26) to beat Michail Pervolarakis and Petros Tsitsipas 6-2, 6-3.

Belgium also secured a 3-0 victory with doubles success as Sander Gille and Joran Vliegen edged Radu Albot and Alexander Cozbinov 6-7(5), 7-6(4), 11-9. Gille and Vliegen, who lifted three ATP Tour titles together in 2019, entered the contest with victory confirmed for Belgium after Steve Darcis and David Goffin’s singles victories.

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