The United Cup tennis tournament (Australia/Perth, Sydney, Hard), which will start on January 2nd next year, will be held on social media on the 29th…
The United Cup (Australia/Perth, Sydney, Hard), a national tennis tournament that will begin on January 2 next year, updated its social media on the 29th to show Naomi Osaka, ranked 16th in the world among women, practicing at the venue.
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The tournament is the opening game of the 2026 season, and will be a mixed national competition between men and women, to be held from January 2nd to 11th. The 18 countries will be divided into six groups of three teams each and will play a round robin. Each match will consist of three matches: one men’s singles match, one women’s singles match, and one mixed doubles match, and a total of eight countries will advance to the quarterfinals, consisting of the six first-place countries in each group and the top two teams among the second-place teams.
This is Japan’s first appearance in the tournament. The coach is Go Soeda, and the members include Shintaro Mochizuki, ranked 99th in the world, Yasutaka Uchiyama, ranked 309th in the world for the men, and Osaka Osaka and Nao Hibi, ranked 174th in the world for the women.
Japan, now in Group E, will play Greece on January 2nd and England on January 4th in Perth.
On this day, the tournament updated its Instagram Stories (posts that disappear after 24 hours) to show Osaka practicing at the venue.
Furthermore, on the 30th, Osaka updated her Instagram and posted a photo from the venue. “This is how the season begins again,” he added.
