Spain Falls to Poland in United Cup 2024, Norway Tightens Group F

Spanish tennis was about to start the year 2024 with a big surprise in the United Cup where Spain fell to Poland, one of the big favorites for the title with the presence of WTA number 1 Iga Swiatek and ATP number 9 Hubert Hurkacz, after fighting 2-1, but could not avoid Spanish elimination in the tournament.

A tie that began with the men’s singles match between Hubert Hurkacz and Alejandro Davidovich and ended with victory for the man from Malaga after coming back 3-6, 6-3 and 6-4 after two hours of play. A result that shows that ‘Foki’ always competes against the greats and that he grows on big occasions when he has to push the envelope, as demonstrated by the three break points he converted and his good percentages with the second serve and the rest.

However, Davidovich’s victory could not continue in the second match of the day, the women’s singles, where the world number one in the WTA ranking Iga Swiatek, asserted her status as the great dominator of the women’s circuit with a victory against the Spanish Sara Sorribes by a resounding 6-2 and 6-1.

In this way everything would be decided in the doubles match in which there was finally no color, since the raging Swiatek and a Hurkacz wounded in his pride after the defeat against Davidovich, devastated the Spanish duo formed by Davidovich himself and Sara Sorribes by a double 6-0 that leaves Poland in the quarterfinals of the United Cup as winners of Group A and Spain eliminated from the tournament.

Norway beats Croatia and tightens Group F

The day of this January 1 in the United Cup also left us with Norway’s victory against Croatia by 2-1, which tightens even more if possible the fight for the place in the quarterfinals in Group F.

A tie that began with Donna Vekic’s victory against Malene Helgo by 7-5, 3-6 and 6-3 to overtake Croatia before Casper Ruud equalized the tie after beating Borna Coric by 6-4 and 6-1. In this way the tie was decided in the doubles match, where the Norwegian duo formed by Ulrike Eikkeri and Casper Ruud beat the Croatian couple formed by Donna Vekic and Ivan Dodig by 6-2, 3-6 and 10-7 to give the victory to Norway.

In this way, Norway closes its participation in the group stage with a victory and a defeat and is waiting to see what happens in the last group tie between the Netherlands and Croatia, and where the pass could be decided after a three-way tie in the classification.

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2024-01-01 09:53:35
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