MELBOURNE, Australia – Canada has to beat Germany to stay alive in the race for the ATP Cup playoffs.

But, somewhat surprisingly, Raonic couldn’t get it done against Struff – the man who gave teammate Denis Shapovalov fits last year. And Shapovalov, who had treatment on his shoulder during the match, lost a tight one to Alexander Zverev.

ATP Cup
Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021
Final results

Rod Laver Arena
Germany 2, Canada 1 (final)

1. [2] Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) def. [2] Milos Raonic (CAN) 76 (2) 76 (2)
2. [1] Alexander Zverev (GER) def. [1] Denis Shapovalov (CAN) 67 (5) 63 76 (4)
3. Steven Diez / Peter Polansky (CAN) def. Andreas Mies / Kevin Krawietz (GER) 76 (4) 67 (6) [10-3]

Rod Laver Arena
Australia 2, Greece 1 (final)

1. [2] John Millman (AUS) def [2] Michail Pervolarakis (GER) 63 62
2. [1] Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) def [1] Alex de Minaur (AUS) 63 75
3. John Peers / Luke Saville (AUS) def Stefanos Tsitsipas / Michail Pervolarakis (GRE) 63 46 [10-5]

John Cain Arena
Italy 2, France 1 (final)

1. [2] Fabio Fognini (ITA) def [2] Benoit Paire (FRA) 61 76 (2)
2. [1] Matteo Berrettini (ITA) def [1] Gaël Monfils (FRA) 64 62
3. Nicholas Mahut / Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) def Simone Bolelli / Andrea Vavassori (ITA) 64 63

John Cain Arena
Russia 2, Japan 1 (final)

1. [2] Andrey Rublev (RUS) def [2] Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN) 61 63
2. [1] Daniil Medvedev (RUS) def [1] Kei Nishikori (JPN) 62 64
3. Ben McLachlan / Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN) def Evgeny Donskoy / Aslan Karatsev (RUS) 46 63 [12-10]