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ATP Cup: Russia topples Italy to claim Aus Open warm up title
Tennis by Joe Barton
Premium Content The Russian invasion of Melbourne Park is almost complete - now an Australian Open beckons. Russia s two-headed monster of top-10 talents Daniil Medvedev and Andrey Rublev demolished Italian rivals Matteo Berrettini and Fabio Fognini respectively to continue their unbeaten streaks this week and deliver Team Russia a comprehensive ATP Cup whitewash. Because the emphatic nature of Medvedev s straight sets take-down of world No.10 Berrettini laid down a marker of what to expect at Melbourne Park in the next fortnight. So severe was the thrashing that Italian captain Vincenzo Santopadre jokingly described the combined straight sets defeats - which ended the tie before the doubles - as a disaster .