Germany This Sunday, he was proclaimed the first team tournament champion of the 2024 season after returning against Poland in United Cup Final. It was in the hands of the poles, but a great Alexander Zverev dressed as a hero for, accompanied by Laura Siegemundthen finish the victory of his country.
After an indisputable victory of Iga Swiatek against Angelique Kerber on the first point, Hubert Hurkacz performed at a high level in the first half of his match against Zverev, where he had two match points in the second set. However, he did not change them and it completely changed the course of the tie: Zverev came back and wrapped up the final mixed doubles victory with Laura Siegemund against Swiatek and Hurkacz.
As a hero as Zverev finished in the lead on Saturday, early in the morning in Australia, it was another stunning victory over Siegemund in the mixed doubles of the semifinals, with 7-6 (2), 6-7 (2) and 15-13 against Storm Hunter and Matthew Ebden, representatives of the host country. It is no less this Sunday, where He beat Hurkacz in three hours and in an hour and three quarters again with Siegemund against ‘Hubi’ and Swiatek.
Iga, certainly, was in charge of opening the final and again appeared almost untouchable in his individual match. Appointed MVP of the tournamentworld number 1 completes her undisputed five out of five in singles in a battle of circuit queens against Angelique Kerber. Swiatek won 6-3 and 6-0 in a game with two parts.
The first, the first seven games, with a whole Kerber from below in the tournament of her return after becoming a mother to withstand the attacks of an Iga who was unable to take advantage of the scoreboard. In fact, Swiatek had the most critical moments to save, including three break points in the seventh game. But she raised them to deliver a decisive moral blow to Kerber, who has dominated since then and received a slightly nine games in a row to see Poland come within one point of the trophy. By the way, Swiatek added his sixteenth consecutive victory: six in the WTA 1000 in Beijing 2023, five in the WTA Finals 2023 and the entire five winners of this trophy before the Australian Open.
He held the glass with his fingers. Hubert Hurkacz on the second point, but lost against Alexander Zverev 6-7(3), 7-6(6) and 6-4 in a three-hour thriller in which the German achieved a crucial victory both through play and confidence. Both players held their serve and sent the resolution of the first two sets to the tie-break. In the first of them, Hurkacz found the formula to give his rival a 7-3 lead.
The second one seems to have gone the same way. After saving three set points against him to force a tie-break, Hurkacz took a 6-4 lead to win the tournament. however, He didn’t close the first option on his serve and saw how Zverev responded to him to start an unfavorable blow: from 6-4 down, ‘Sascha’ went 8-6 up to force a third set. In it, Hurkacz held serve until he suffered the moral blow he received with a break for 4-3 down. Zverev, physically at his limit, eventually converted at 6-4 which forced the third point.
Despite the fatigue, ‘Sasha’ He returned to the court to partner with the doubles player Laura Siegemund with the trophy at stake. Swiatek and Hurkacz assumes responsibility for Poland in a party that Germany was brought by 6-4, 5-7 and 10-4. ‘Sascha’ and Iga carried the weight of each team from the back of the court. However, it was Swiatek who lost his kickoff to see how Germany, without doubting him, made it 6-4 in the first set.
The Poles soon reacted, breaking Zverev’s serve in the second set. However, the match entered a spiral of choices for the rest, with Hurkacz giving his serve on two occasions throughout the set and Siegemund on two other occasions, although in Poland, leading 3-3 , always comes first. The Poles couldn’t close out the set with 5-3 up and ‘Hubi’ served, but another break in Siegemund’s serve This gave them a 7-5 lead that brought the game to a tiebreaker.
In it, however, Germany no choice is given. An initial part of 5-1 Before the field change, it left Poland with no room to react, which ended up seeing how the victory went to its rivals, with Swiatek breaking down in tears after seeing how his team was left without the final prize. Zverevdressed as a hero after nearly five hours on the track after the previous day’s loss, and Siegemund They secured the first title for their country in United Cup.
Source: La Verdad
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