The first Spanish team to play 2024 is that of tennis. Specifically, the one that is being debated United Cup in Australia. Spain went down 2-1 against Poland in their second match in group A. This result gives the lead to the Poles and leaving the Spanish in second position. Two of the six group runners-up advanced, but the national team is already behind China and Norway in this parallel classification, so they have no chance to advance to the quarterfinals.
A poor Iga Swiatek He led his team to victory in the quarterfinals. The world number 1 once again showed his great ability from others and from the back of the court to beat Sara Sorribes 6-2 and 6-1 and lead the mixed doubles with Hubert Hurkacz where the Poles won by a resounding 6-0 and 6-0 in Smile Alejandro Davidovich.
He Malaga playerHowever, he was the face of the qualifying round for Spain, as he started the year with a very prestigious victory against a top 10 such as Hurkacz. With Poland one of the favorites for the title, Davidovich made the Spanish team dream of a high-level comeback against ‘Hubi’, which they beat. 3-6, 6-3 and 6-4 in two hours of play. So, whatever happens in the resolution of the groups, he will leave this United Cup with a lot of confidence, after the victory he also achieved in two sets, with ‘rosco’, against Thiago Seyboth Wild in the preliminary tie against Brazil.
However, with Poland on the ropes in the fight for first place, Swiatek His pulse didn’t even quiver in his duel against Sorribes to add his own thirteenth consecutive victory on the WTA circuit. Despite her problems on serve in the first games, during which Sara had up to four break points, Swiatek reached 2-2 and from then on could not appeal, with ten in the next eleven games won, giving almost no options to Castellón’s Player. This was reflected in the final 6-2 and 6-1.
Despite this, Spain has options for mixed doubles, but it has been an odyssey for the national representatives. In Hurkacz marking the ground from the serve and with a Swiatek imperial in the rest and behind the court, both in the exchange with Sorribes and against Davidovich in a Spain that repeated the same at this point, Poland won with 6-0 and 6-0 in just three quarters an hour. That result not only sealed Poland’s advance to the quarterfinals, but it was ended the Spanish cause to finish as one of the two best seconds to advance to the quarterfinals. Spain is not among the eight best in the tournament.
Source: La Verdad
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