Top-30 ranked pair Benoit Paire and Gael Monfils won their singles matches to ensure France opened their ATP Cup campaign with victory over Chile.On day two of the inaugural tournament in Brisbane, Paire opened with a 6-7 (3-7) 6-3 6-3 win over Nicolas Jarry.Monfils sealed the Group A win by beating Cristian Garin 6-3 7-5. Japan, without Kei Nishikori, won…

Cameron Norrie ensured Great Britain started the inaugural ATP Cup with a victory after battling past Bulgaria's Dimitar Kuzmanov in three sets.British number two Norrie, ranked 53rd, won 6-2 3-6 6-2 against the world number 423 in Sydney.Dan Evans takes on US Open semi-finalist Grigor Dimitrov in the second singles match later on Friday. Jamie Murray and Joe Salisbury then…

Tennis Australia says "many of the world's best players" will take part in a specially-arranged exhibition match in Melbourne to raise funds for bushfire relief.It is one of a number of fund-raising events before the Australian Open.The names of players involved will be revealed in the coming days. "It is heartbreaking to see the devastation the bushfires are wreaking across…

ATP Cup organisers have apologised to Moldova after the wrong national anthem was played before their opening match in the new team tournament.The Romanian national anthem was instead played before their match against Belgium in Sydney on Friday. "At the start of the Moldova v Belgium match we mistakenly played the wrong national anthem for Moldova," the ATP said. "We…