MELBOURNE, Australia – The Japan/Argentina tie, which means only money, was pushed back a day so that John Cain Arena could be free in case the forecast thunderstorms disrupted play in the other two ATP Tour events.

Along with that on Saturday come the semifinals – with Rafael Nadal again on the bench.

ATP Cup
Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021
Final results

Rod Laver Arena
Russia 2, Germany 1 (semifinal)

1. [2] Andrey Rublev (RUS) def [2] Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) 36 61 62
2. [1] Daniil Medvedev (RUS) def [1] Alexander Zverev (GER) 36 63 75
3. Kevin Krawietz / Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) def. Evgeny Donskoy / Aslan Karatsev (RUS) 63 76 (2)

Rod Laver Arena
Argentina 3, Japan 0 (round-robin)

1. [2] Guido Pella (ARG) def. [2] Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN) 63 76 (4)
2. [1] Diego Schwartzman (ARG) def. [1] Kei Nishikori (JPN) 61 67 (4) 60
3. Maximo Gonzalez / Horacio Zeballos (ARG) def. Ben McLachlan / Toshihido Matsui (JPN) 62 62

John Cain Arena
Italy 3, Spain 0 (semifinal)

1. [2] Fabio Fognini (ITA) def [2] Pablo Carreño Busta (ESP) 62 16 64
2. [1] Matteo Berrettini (ITA) def [1] Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) 63 75
3. Simone Bolelli / Andrea Vavassiro (ITA) def Pablo Carreño Busta / Marcel Granollers (ESP) WALKOVER