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Iga Swiatek led Poland to a 2-1 victory in its United Cup opening match on Monday in Sydney, Australia, eliminating Norway from the mixed-team occasion.
Casper Ruud received the Fifteenth-seeded Norwegians off to an excellent begin towards Poland, the second seed, with a 7-5, 6-3 win over Hubert Hurkacz. Swiatek, in a must-win contest, cruised previous Malene Helgo 6-1, 6-0 in 62 minutes.
In the decisive mixed-doubles match in Group B, Swiatek teamed with Jan Zielinski to defeat Ulrikke Eikeri and Ruud 6-3, 0-6, 10-8.
Germany, the defending champion, clinched a quarterfinals berth from Group E behind Alexander Zverev and Laura Siegemund. The pair defeated the Chinese tandem of Zhizhen Zhang and Shuai Zhang 6-2, 7-6 (3) within the rubber match after Zverev topped Zhizhen Zhang in three units in singles and China’s Xinyu Gao defeated Siegemund in one other three-set contest.
Also Monday, Alexander Shevchenko upset Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4, 7-6 (0) and Elena Rybakina topped Maria Sakkari in straight units to ship ninth-seeded Kazakhstan to the quarterfinals out of Group C. Greece, the third seed, was eradicated in play in Perth.
And in Group F motion, again in Sydney, Katie Boulter received her singles and mixed-doubles contest to provide sixth-seeded Great Britain a victory over Argentina, the seventeenth seed.
Boulter defeated Nadia Podoroska 6-2, 6-3, then teamed with Charles Broom to beat the Argentine crew of Maria Lourdes Carle and Tomas Martin Etcheverry 7-6 (4), 7-5. Etcheverry pressured the mixed-doubles decider together with his 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 win over Billy Harris.
The high two groups from every group transfer to the quarterfinals.
Brisbane International
Czech Jiri Lehecka transformed 5 of six break probabilities to upset No. 3 seed Holger Rune of Denmark 7-5, 6-3 in opening-round motion in Australia.
The No. 2 seed, Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria, superior, utilizing 9 aces to defeat Germany’s Yannick Hanfmann.
In different motion, Benjamin Bonzi of France ousted the sixth seed, Alejandro Tabilo of Chile, in a marathon 6-7 (8), 7-6 (5), 6-4 match. Eighth-seeded Jordan Thompson of Chile wanted three units to defeat Italy’s Matteo Berrettini.
Also transferring on have been Nicolas Jarry of Chile, Yoshihito Nishioka of Japan and Alex Michelsen.
Hong Kong Open
A pair of seeded gamers fell in first-round motion, with No. 6 Brandon Nakashima and No. 8 Luciano Darderi of Italy ousted in straight units.
Nakashima was crushed by Italian Lorenzo Sonego, and Serbia’s Miomir Kecmanovic took care of Darderi.
Italy’s Fabian Marozsan and Cameron Norrie of Great Britain additionally moved on to the Round of 16.
–Field Level Media