The first country tournament of the season, the United Cup which will be held in Australia, has set up this Saturday the great final. Poland and Germany will be measured this Sunday (7:30 am) in search of the trophy.
The two countries reached the final with different paths. While Poland dominated with authority France in the first semi-final, where he won 3-0, Germany will have to suffer a great rivalry against Australia (2-1). It was decided in a ‘super tie-break’ of the mixed doubles match, which ended in victory for Laura Siegemund and Alexander Zverev.
The semifinals began with a resounding victory by Poland against France. With a 3-0, Hubert Hurkacz and number 1 in the world Iga Swiatek They imposed their stripes to seal their country’s passage to the final in two singles matches.
Hurkacz He makes no mistakes in his serve to win by 6-3 and 7-5 in Adrian Mannarino at the opening of the tie. The Pole scored fifteen aces and was not held on his first serve for the French player, who did not make any break points throughout the match.
With the possibility of closing the tie, Iga Swiatek must return against a Caroline Garcia (4-6, 6-1 and 6-1) which again showed, as happened in the semifinals of the last WTA 1000 in Beijing, a difficult match. Shooting first to take the lead on his serve, Garcia took advantage of Swiatek’s doubts on his serve in the tenth game of the first set to close out the remainder of the first set to a 6-4 lead. However, the Pole grew in the rest from the second set, he took advantage of his rival’s first serve break, and was given no choice in the next two with a 6-1 double to seal the comeback.
Swiatek has amassed a fifteen-game winning streak, the second-best streak of his career after surpassing the fourteen he won between the first round of Roland Garros and his loss in the Wimbledon quarterfinals last year. This mark was personally surpassed by his thirty-seven wins between the second round of Doha and his loss in the third round of Wimbledon in 2022.
So, Poland arrived with the tie decided in the doubles match and its two leaders reserved. The alternative is taken Katarzyna Kawa and Jan Zielinskiwho won Elixane Lechemia and Édouard Roger-Vasselin for double 6-3.
Thriller for Germany against Australia
If Poland’s fight against France has been strong, the rivalry between Germany and Australiaa thriller from start to finish that was decided in the ‘supertie-break’ of the doubles match in favor of the Germans (2-1).
But the three games were very close. The former number 1 in the world Angelique Kerber, in her tournament return to the circuit after becoming a mother, achieved a great victory to snap the three consecutive losses she suffered at the start. A year and a half after her last victory, Kerber is back Ajla Tomljanovic to defeat him 4-6, 6-2 and 7-6(7) after a dizzying tie-break in which he saved two match points to close his first in his favour.
however, Alexander Zverev was unable to seal Germany’s place in the final in the second match after losing against one of the men par excellence of the tournament, a Alex de Minaur who continues to beat the best in the United Cup (he has already beaten Novak Djokovic this year and Rafa Nadal last year, without ever appearing) and assured himself of being among them next Monday: De Minaur will be top10 for the first time in his career after winning by 5-7, 6-3 and 6-4 to ‘Sascha’.
All went wide open for the doubles match and, after two contested and very long matches, the pairs match was not to be missed. Zverev He was paid to his partner Laura Siegemund with success for 7-6(2), 6-7(2) and 15-13 in a spectacular match against Storm Hunter and Matthew Ebdenwhere is the ‘super-tie’ He left two passes in the final for Australia and saw Germany seal its access to it for the fifth time.
In this way, this Sunday we will see a final with great duels, with a clash between two number 1 likes Swiatek and Kerber in the women’s individual section and included two other top10 counts Hurkacz and Zverev in men’s. It is necessary to see if they refer to the champion or if we have to wait for a mixed double which, in that case, also promises to be exciting.
Source: La Verdad
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