Jamie Murray and Dan Evans win doubles tie at ATP Cup to seal 2-1 GB win over Germany
Evans and Murray beat Alexander Zverev and Kevin Krawietz 6-3 6-4. Earlier, Evans had breezed past Jan-Lennard Struff 6-1 6-2 in his singles encounter before world number three Zverev levelled with a 7-6 (7-2) 6-1 win over Cameron Norrie.
Great Britain faces their next group C opponents in Canada on Tuesday. After the success of his single, British number two, Evans said: "It's a good way to start 2022."I've been practising well, but I didn't expect to play the match this well."
This is the third edition of the ATP Cup, which features 16 countries competing in four groups at two venues in Sydney - the Ken Rosewall Arena and Qudos Bank Arena.
Earlier on day two, Russia's world number two, Daniil Medvedev, suffered a shock defeat by France's Ugo Humbert. After Medvedev's teammate Roman Safiullin had beaten Arthur Rinderknech in three sets in the opening singles rubber, world number 35 Humbert won 6-7 (5-7) 7-5 7-6 (7-2).
But Medvedev and Safiullin then clinched the deciding doubles tie 6-4 6-4 to ensure a 2-1 Russia victory. In the other tie in Britain's group, the United States beat Canada 3-0.
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