United States, Poland and Greeceas winners in each competition area, and Italyas the best loser, will perform on United Cup Final Foura mixed competition played in three cities in Australia and will open this year on the ATP and WTA circuits. The semifinals will pit the Americans against the Poles and the Greeks against the Italiansboth in the city of Sydney.
USA won the Britain for 4-1 uncontested, but the other two heats were settled on the fifth point, the mixed doubles. Poland beat Italy 3-2 and Greece beat Croatia by the same result.
The excitement lasted until late in the night in Perth, where the pairing of Stefanos Tsitsipas and Maria Sakkari beat Croatia’s Petra Martic and Borna Gojo 7-6 (6) and 6-4.
Gojo had earlier established a 2-2 tie by beating Stefanos Sacellaridis 6-4, 6-2, in a game that was a no-brainer for the Hellenic player.
The tie started with a 6-2, 6-0 win for Donna Vekic against Greek Despina Papamichail.
However, the Hellenic team overcame their deficit with points from Tsitsipas, who won a tough match against Croatian Borna Coric, 6-0, 6-7 (4) and 7-5, and from Maria Sakkari , defeating Petra Martic by 6-3 and 6-3.
During that time, the teams United States and Poland they are classified for the Final Four.
The crossing USA-Great Britain, in Sydney, began to tie, after the victories of the American Madison Keys against Katie Swan 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 and the British Cameron Norrie against Taylor Fritz 6-4, 5- 7 and 6-4.
But the next two points went to the United States team: Jessica Pegula beat Harriet Dart 6-2, 6-0 and Frances Tiafoe beat Daniel Evans 3-6, 7-5, 6-3, after laborious return. .
In mixed doubles, Pegula and Fritz also defeated Dart and Evans 6-4, 6-4.
In Brisbane, Poland joined the United States as a qualified team thanks to the victory in the mixed doubles pair formed by Iga Swiatek, head of the women’s circuit, and Hubert Hurkacz against the Italians Camilla Rosatello and Lorenzo Musetti 6-1 and 6-2. Swiatek won every singles and doubles match he played in this United Cup.
Poland and Italy ended the individual matches of the final tie at the Brisbane venue with a 2-2 draw, so the mixed doubles will decide which team goes to the Final Four in Sydney.
The superiority of the Polish couple was clear: they did not concede a single ‘break’ point and, on the contrary, they broke their rivals’ serve five times, three in the first set and two in the second.
It was a brilliant finish to a tie where the women’s singles went to Poland and the men’s to Italy.
Iga Swiatek defeated Martina Trevisan 6-2 and 6-4 and Magda Linette defeated Lucia Bronzetti 6-1 and 6-2, and Lorenzo Musetti defeated Daniel Michalski 6-1 and 6-1 and Matteo Berrettini defeated Hubert Hurkacz by 6-4, 3-6 and 6-3. As the best loser, the Italian team goes to the final stage.
Source: La Verdad
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