On January 2, Beijing time, the ATP Cup entered the second match day of competition. On this matchday, the first round of the Group B and Group C group stages begins. In Group B, the Russian team met france, and the Italian team faced the host Australia. Group C, Canada and the United States met, with Germany facing the Challenge of the British.
Russia 2-1 France
Russia's first appearance was world-ranked 167th-ranked Safiulin, who defeated world No. 58 Lindeknecht 2-6, 7-5, 6-3 in three sets. In the second singles match, France's Ember defeated the world's 2nd Medvedev 6-7 (5)/7-5/7-6 (2) reverse, breaking a big upset in this tournament. In the doubles match, Medvedev partner Safiulin won two 6-4 victories over the Martin/Vasserlin combination to seal the victory for Russia.
Australia 2-1 Italy
The first to play was the world's 10th-placed Zinner and the 176th-placed Pussell, who defeated the opponent 6-1, 6-3 in two straight sets to score a point for Italy. Berrettini and Deminault were followed, with Deminaar beating world no. 7 6-3, 7-6 (4) to tie the score for Australia. The doubles Pierce/Savelle combination defeated Italy's Beretini/Burrelli 6-3, 7-5 to help Australia come back to victory.
USA 3-0 Canada
Isner took the lead, and his opponent was The World No. 238 Schnur, who scored a point for the United States by a 6-1, 6-3 victory. Fritz, who is 23rd in the world in singles in the second game, defeated World 11th-placed Aliasim 6-7 (6)/6-4/ 6-4. In the third doubles Fritz/Isner swept 6-4 between Aliassim and Shapovalov.
UK 2-1 Germany
Evans, who took the lead, easily defeated Germany's Struff, who was ranked 51st in the world, 6-1, 6-2. In the second singles match, the world's 3rd Zverev took on world Nori 12th, and Zverev swept Nori 7-6 (2)/6-1 to help Germany cut the score to 1-1. In the doubles match, Jamie Murray and Evans swept Zverev/Kravitz 6-3, 6-4 to give The United Kingdom a 2-1 victory.