Tennis-Tsitsipas skips ATP Cup singles clash due to elbow issue, wins in doubles rubber


  • Tennis
  • Saturday, 01 Jan 2022

FILE PHOTO: Tennis - ATP Finals - Pala Alpitour, Turin, Italy - November 15, 2021 Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas reacts during his group stage match against Russia's Andrey Rublev REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane

(Reuters) -World number four Stefanos Tsitsipas pulled out of his ATP Cup singles match with Poland's Hubert Hurkacz on Saturday due to a niggling right elbow issue before returning to partner Michail Pervolarakis to win their doubles rubber.

Tsitsipas and Pervolarakis defeated Hurkacz and Jan Zielinski 6-4 5-7 10-8 in the doubles match but Greece suffered a 2-1 loss to Poland after losing both their singles match.

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