Best-seeded United States and No. 2 seed Poland will meet Sunday within the United Cup ultimate in Sydney.
Coco Gauff and Taylor Fritz crowned the Czech group of Karolina Muchova and Tomas Machac on Saturday to advance. Gauff used to be a 6-1, 6-4 winner; Fritz took the victory when Machac, up a suite at 7-6 (4), 5-6 rapidly retired.
Machac, serving at 5-5, misplaced serve in a love recreation to drop his 3rd consecutive recreation, then referred to as it quits. Fritz mentioned in his on-court interview that Machac reported he used to be cramping.
Poland complicated to its 2nd consecutive International Cup ultimate in the back of Iga Swiatek and Hubert Hurkacz, who swept Kazakhstan in singles.
The latter put Poland within the lead together with his 6-3, 6-2 win over Alexander Shevchenko in 58 mins. In workforce play on the mixed-team match. Hurkacz misplaced either one of his singles fits.
And each instances, he used to be strengthened via International No. 2 Swiatek, who on Saturday vanquished rival Elena Rybakina 7-6 (5), 6-4. Rybakina, the 2022 Wimbledon champion, had crushed Swiatek in 4 in their six profession fits.
Swiatek moved to 12-1 in singles on the United Cup.
Brisbane World
Reilly Opelka might be on the lookout for his first ATP Excursion win since 2022 when he faces Czech Jiri Lehecka for the identify in Australia.
The 6-foot-11 Opelka bested 6-8 Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard of France 6-3, 7-6 (4) to advance. The pair of giant servers blended for 22 aces and each received issues on 70 p.c in their serves.
Lehecka used to be up a suite and tied 4-4 when Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria, the No. 2 seed, retired with an damage. Dimitrov used to be within the quest for a 3rd identify in Brisbane.
Hong Kong Open
Kei Nishikori of Japan complicated to his first ATP Excursion ultimate in six years when Juncheng Shang of China used to be compelled to retire from their semifinal fit because of sickness.
Nishikori used to be up 4-3 on the time. His remaining excursion victory got here in Brisbane in 2019.
Within the ultimate, the 35-year-old will meet Alexandre Muller of France, who’s looking for his first excursion identify. He defeated Jaume Munar of Spain 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4 in spite of 44 unforced mistakes towards 27 winners.
–Box Stage Media
