• WTA world third in the first match of the duel rocket Jessica Pegula beat (6:4, 6:2) the Italian Martina Trevisan (WTA 27th).
• Italian hopes dwindled to a minimum in the second singles, where Francis Tiafoe (ATP No. 19) convincingly won (6:2) the first set against 20-year-old Lorenzo Muzzetti (ATP No. 23), who retired before the start of the second set.
• Mateo Berettini (ATP 16th) was the strongest opponent for the Americans. who fought back nine break points in a more than two-hour battle, but lost (6:7 (4), 6:7 (6)) to Taylor Fritz (ATP 9th).
• Madison Keys (WTA 11th) defeated (6:3, 6:2) Lucia Brondzetti (WTA 54th) in the last singles match. The teams agreed not to play the mixed doubles match.
• The USA team played the competition very convincingly, winning 22 out of 24 games. Both Tiafoe and Keys won all five singles matches, while Fritz and Pegula each lost just one singles match.
• The “United Cup” mixed team tournament is taking place for the first time, and its prize fund is 15 million US dollars. 18 teams competed in the 11-day long tournament, which started on December 29.
Sources used and competition results:
https://www.atptour.com/en/tourname…
https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/c…
