United Cup: In a straight-sets victory over Maddison Inglis on Friday, Harriet Dart gave Great Britain the United Cup triumph over Australia.
Following victory for Cameron Norrie and Katie Swan on day one, Dart defeated Inglis 6-4, 6-4 in 92 minutes. Inglis was called up after Ajla Tomljanovic withdrew due to a knee injury.
Dan Evans, on the other hand, was defeated by Jason Kubler in his singles match by a score of 6-3 7-6 (7-3) before he and Dart were defeated by Sam Stosur and John Peers in the mixed doubles final by a score of 7-6 (4) 6-4.
Great Britain now leads Group D after a 3-2 victory ahead of their upcoming matchup with Spain.
Before scoring her first match point with an ace, Dart won 83% of her first serve points and was only broken once.
Teams from 18 nations are competing in the first United Cup in Brisbane, Perth, and Sydney until January 4. From January 6 to 8, the Ken Rosewall Arena in Sydney will host a competition between the three city champions and the next-best performing nation from the group stage to determine the victor.
Tomas Machac injured himself during the second set of his match against Frances Tiafoe, who had won the first set 6-3 but was down 4-2 at the time of his opponent’s withdrawal, and the United States went on to defeat the Czech Republic 3-0 as a team.
Taylor Fritz and Madison Keys’ victories in the singles on Thursday gave the Americans a 2-0 advantage going into the second day of the five-match event.
In order to defeat world No. 3 Jessica Pegula 7-6 (6), 6-4 in the opening match on Friday, Petra Kvitova, a two-time Wimbledon champion, had to save seven set points.
Greece beat Bulgaria 3-0 in Perth, adding Maria Sakkari’s victory over Viktoriya Tomova to victories for Stefanos Tsitsipas over Grigor Dimitrov and Despina Papamichael over Isabella Shinikova.
Italy defeated Brazil 3-2 in Brisbane thanks to Matteo Berrettini, who defeated Brazilian No. 1 Thiago Monteiro 6-4, 7-6 (7) to give his nation a 2-1 lead. Lucia Bronzetti then defeated Laura Pigossi 6-0, 6-2 to seal the Group E match.
Stan Wawrinka defeated Kazakhstani Alexander Bublik 6-3, 7-6 (3) to help Switzerland win 3-0. Later, France defeated Argentina 3-0 in Perth.
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