Zizou Bergs et Elise Mertens were in fact beaten by Belinda Bencic et Jacob Paul in the super tie-break: 6-3, 0-6, 10/5. The four players shook hands after an hour and nine minutes.
The score was 1-1 before this meeting: Elise Mertens (WTA 19) had undergone the law of Belinda Bencic (WTA 11) in the first singles (6-3, 4-6, 7-6), then Zizou Bergs (ATP 42) had equalized by beating Stan Wawrinka (ATP 156), also in three sets: 6-3, 6-7, 6-3.
Belgium finished at the top of group B of the event. Mertens and Bergs, supported by Sander Gillé and Greet Minnen in the mixed doubles, then eliminated the Czech Republic 2-1 in the quarter-finals.
The other semi-final pits Poland, defeated in the final in 2024 and 2025, against the United States, who won the competition in 2023 (for the first edition) and 2025.
Belgium is participating for the second time in this tournament. During the first edition, in 2023, the Belgians were eliminated in the group stage.
