The United States and Italy have qualified to play in the United Cup final, which will be held in Australia, after defeating Poland and Greece in the semifinals, respectively.
The North American team completed their resounding victory a day after the victories of Jessica Pegula and Frances Tiafoe. Taylor Fritz and Madison Keys completed the conclusive 5-0.
Reigning Indian Wells winner Fritz survived a tight match against Hubert Hurkacz that ended in 7-6(5) and 7-6(5) tiebreakers to seal victory for the United States by going 3-0 .
Madison Keys continued the Americans’ impeccable path, defeating Magda Linette 6-4, 6-2, and in mixed doubles Fritz and Pegula put the icing on the cake against Lukasz Kubot and Alicja Rosolska, who they won 6-7 (5). ), 6-4 and 10-6.
Italy, who also went 2-0 in their favor on Saturday thanks to Martina Trevisan and Lorenzo Musetti, had to wait a little longer to prove their qualification, as Stefanos Tsitsipas kept Greece’s hopes alive with his victory against to Matteo Berrettini.
The Italian looked to have the game in hand, but the Hellenic number one refused to give up and took the game to Sydney 4-6, 7-6(2) and 6-4.
On the other hand, in the fourth game, Lucia Bronzetti did not disappoint against Valentini Grammatikopoulou and confirmed the predictions despite the fact that in the two previous matches Helena had won.
Bronzetti asserted his superior ranking and won 6-2, 6-3 to put the Italian team in the final match for the title.
Source: La Verdad
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