{"id":139462,"date":"2021-01-05T00:05:17","date_gmt":"2021-01-04T23:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/?p=139462"},"modified":"2021-01-20T09:43:55","modified_gmt":"2021-01-20T08:43:55","slug":"novak-leads-field-for-2021-atp-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/news\/tennis\/novak-leads-field-for-2021-atp-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Novak leads field for 2021 ATP Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The field is set for the 2021 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atpcup.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ATP Cup<\/a>, to be held from February 1 to February 5 in Melbourne.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Twelve countries will battle for the team trophy, with 2020 champion Serbia and runner-up Spain leading the way.<\/p>\n<p>Eleven countries qualified based on the FedEx ATP Ranking of its highest-ranked singles player. As host country, Australia has been given a wild card into the tournament.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-139451\" src=\"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/atpcup2021_01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1102\" height=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/atpcup2021_01.jpg 1102w, https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/atpcup2021_01-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/atpcup2021_01-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/atpcup2021_01-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/atpcup2021_01-380x215.jpg 380w, https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/atpcup2021_01-1100x620.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/atpcup2021_01-823x463.jpg 823w, https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/atpcup2021_01-267x150.jpg 267w, https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/atpcup2021_01-590x332.jpg 590w, https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/atpcup2021_01-620x349.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1102px) 100vw, 1102px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>World no.1 Novak Djokovic headlines the event, along with Rafael Nadal, Daniil Medvedev, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Alexander Zverev, Dominic Thiem&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 2021 edition will feature 14 of the 15 top players.<\/p>\n<p>The draw will take place on January 22, when the 12 teams will be divided into four groups of three for group stage, round-robin play. The four group winners will advance to the semi-finals.<\/p>\n<p>Serbia defeated Spain 2-1 in the inaugural ATP Cup final.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-139453 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/atpcup2021_02a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"766\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/atpcup2021_02a.jpg 766w, https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/atpcup2021_02a-239x300.jpg 239w, https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/atpcup2021_02a-267x335.jpg 267w, https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/atpcup2021_02a-590x739.jpg 590w, https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/atpcup2021_02a-620x777.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 766px) 100vw, 766px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-139455\" src=\"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/atpcup2021_02b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"766\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/atpcup2021_02b.jpg 766w, https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/atpcup2021_02b-239x300.jpg 239w, https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/atpcup2021_02b-267x335.jpg 267w, https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/atpcup2021_02b-590x739.jpg 590w, https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/atpcup2021_02b-620x777.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 766px) 100vw, 766px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The field is set for the 2021 ATP Cup, to be held from February 1-5 in Melbourne. Twelve countries will battle for the team trophy, with 2020 champion Serbia and runner-up Spain leading the way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":139458,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[101013097,101012354,101012415],"class_list":["post-139462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tennis","tag-atp-cup-en","tag-australia-en","tag-melbourne-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139462"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139462\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":139538,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139462\/revisions\/139538"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}