Russian Roman Safiullin in Sydney beat the owner of the court James Duckworth with a score of 7: 6 (8: 6), 6: 4.
At the same time, during the first set, the domestic tennis player was inferior to his opponent with a score of 2: 5.
The meeting lasted 1 hour 58 minutes.
For Safiullin, this is already the second victory in singles at the tournament.
Russia also took the lead in the confrontation with Australia - 1: 0.
Next, the second racket of the world, Daniil Medvedev, will meet with Alex de Minor.
Earlier, the head of the RTR Shamil Tarpishchev assessed the chances of the Russian national team to win the ATP Cup.