On January 4, Beijing time, the ATP Cup entered the 4th matchday competition. In a singles match between Russia and Australia, world Number 2 Medvedev met Deminald. The two had met a total of three times before, and Medvedev had won both. Medvedev was also even better in today's game, winning in two straight sets.
Medvedev broke his opponent's serve as soon as he started in the first set, and then he took a 2-0 lead in love game. Medvedev broke again in the 3rd set and Deminault completed the break in the 4th set to make it 1-3. After that, both sides saved their own set, and Medvedev easily saved the 10th set to win the first set 6-4.
In the second set, Medvedev broke four consecutive points in the opponent's first serve, and then Medvedev managed to maintain a 2-0 lead. Medvedev broke again in the 3rd innings, and in the 4th set he held the lead 4-0. Medvedev broke again in the 5th set and Deminault broke the match in the 6th set. In the 8th set, Medvedev saved his serve and won the second set 6-2.
In a match that took 1 hour and 19 minutes, world No. 2 Medvedev swept 6-4, 6-2 to defeat world No. 34 Deminaar. The winning Medvedev ushered in his first singles victory in 2022, and Russia also locked in the victory of the group stage.