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Top-seeded United States and No. 2 seed Poland will meet Sunday within the United Cup remaining in Sydney.
Coco Gauff and Taylor Fritz topped the Czech crew of Karolina Muchova and Tomas Machac on Saturday to advance. Gauff was a 6-1, 6-4 winner; Fritz took the victory when Machac, up a set at 7-6 (4), 5-6 abruptly retired.
Machac, serving at 5-5, misplaced serve in a love recreation to drop his third consecutive recreation, then referred to as it quits. Fritz stated in his on-court interview that Machac reported he was cramping.
Poland superior to its second consecutive World Cup remaining behind Iga Swiatek and Hubert Hurkacz, who swept Kazakhstan in singles.
The latter put Poland within the lead along with his 6-3, 6-2 win over Alexander Shevchenko in 58 minutes. In group play on the mixed-team occasion. Hurkacz misplaced each of his singles matches.
And each occasions, he was bolstered by World 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 of their six profession matches.
Swiatek moved to 12-1 in singles on the United Cup.
Brisbane International
Reilly Opelka can be in search of his first ATP Tour win since 2022 when he faces Czech Jiri Lehecka for the title 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 huge servers mixed for 22 aces and each received factors on 70 p.c of their serves.
Lehecka was up a set and tied 4-4 when Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria, the No. 2 seed, retired with an damage. Dimitrov was within the quest for a 3rd title in Brisbane.
Hong Kong Open
Kei Nishikori of Japan superior to his first ATP Tour remaining in six years when Juncheng Shang of China was pressured to retire from their semifinal match as a consequence of sickness.
Nishikori was up 4-3 on the time. His final tour victory got here in Brisbane in 2019.
In the ultimate, the 35-year-old will meet Alexandre Muller of France, who’s searching for his first tour title. He defeated Jaume Munar of Spain 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4 regardless of 44 unforced errors in opposition to 27 winners.
–Field Level Media