In the remaining singles, world number three Jessica Pegula beat Laura Siegemund (WTA 176) 6-3, 6-2, while Francis Taiefo (ATP 19) beat Oskar Oti (ATP 76) 7-5, 6-4.
In the mixed doubles game, Pegula and Taiefo defeated Siegemundi and Daniel Altmaier with 6-7 (5:7), 6-4, 10:7.
In Group C, the USA won both games, the Czech Republic won one, and Germany remained winless.
The “dry” victory was also celebrated by Italy, which beat Norway 5-0 in Group E in Brisbane.
Mateo Berretini (ATP No. 16) beat world number three Norwegian Kasper Ruud 6-4, 6-4 in a match between two players in the top 20 of the world ranking.
In the group, Italy won two, Brazil won one, but the Norwegians remained winless.
Greece beat Belgium 4-1 in Group A in Perth.
After the first day of the competition, the result in this match was 1-1, but on Tuesday, the world’s sixth-ranked racket Maria Sakari won for Greece, who defeated Eliza Mertens (WTA 29th), Stefans Sakellaridis (ATP 803rd) 6-1, 7-5. , who defeated Zizou Bergs (ATP 129th) 5-7, 6-1, 6-3, as well as the duo Sakari/Stefan Tsitsips, who defeated Kirsten Flipkens and Michael Goerts 6-3, 6-2.
Greece ended the group tournament with two victories, one was won by Bulgaria, but the Belgian tennis players remained without victories.
The United Cup mixed team tournament is taking place for the first time and has a prize pool of US$15 million (€13.976 million).
In the 11-day long tournament, which started on December 29, 18 teams are competing, whose tennis players are fighting for 500 ATP ranking points and 500 WTA ranking points.
The United Cup takes place in three Australian cities, with matches in Sydney, Brisbane and Perth.
Group teams:
Group A – Greece, Belgium, Bulgaria; Group B – Poland, Switzerland, Kazakhstan; Group C – USA, Czech Republic, Germany; Group D – Spain, Australia, Great Britain; Group E – Italy, Brazil, Norway; Group F – France, Croatia, Argentina.
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