United Cup: Grigor – Tsitsipas; Tomova – Sakari and other matches of Bulgaria (programme)
A few days ago, it became clear that Bulgaria will find a place in the brand new United Cup mixed tennis competition, which will gather 16 teams from the leading forces in the sport. The participants were determined taking into account the ranking of the first rockets by the price of the country, as well as by combining the ranking of the competitors by the country. It was the place in the top 30 of Grigor Dimitrov that allowed our country to occupy one of the last two free places in the competition, which will be held between December 29 and January 8.
The teams themselves will be divided into 6 groups, and the home cities will be Perth, Sydney and Melbourne respectively, with each of them hosting two of the streams in the tournament. In the end, the three teams with leadership indicators in the respective city will advance to the semifinals, and they will be joined by the country with the best record among the other participants. It has already become clear that Bulgaria will be in Group A, where it will compete with Belgium and Greece. An interesting detail is how exactly the Belgians stopped our compatriots on the way to the fourth final of the ATP Cup in 2020, while Greece is a top addition to the competition, remaining in the team with superstars Stefanos Tsipas and Maria Sakari.
The meetings between three countries will be held in the city of Perth and it is already known when our native representatives will play theirs from the debut meeting of the competition for the 2023 season, and here is exactly what the program of our compatriots will be, the team currently consists of Grigor Dimitrov , Adrian Andreev, Dimitar Kuzmanov, Victoria Tomova, Isabella Shinikova and Gergana Topalova.
December 29 – Greece vs. Bulgaria (start no earlier than 06:00 Bulgarian time)
1st match: Despina Papamikhail – Isabella Shinikova
2nd match: Stefanos Tsitsipas – Grigor Dimitrov
December 30 – play-off between Greece and Bulgaria (start no earlier than 04:00 a.m. Bulgarian time)
3rd match: Maria Sakari – Victoria Tomova
4th match: Mihail Pervolarakis – Adrian Andreev
5th match: mixed doubles match
December 31 – Belgium Bulgaria (start no earlier than 04:00 Bulgarian time)
1st match: Alison Van Uytvank – Isabella Shinikova
2nd match: Grigor Dimitrov – David Goffen
January 1 – play-off between Belgium and Bulgaria (start no earlier than 04:00 Bulgarian time)
3rd match: Elise Mertens – Victoria Tomova
4th match: Zizu Bergs – Adrian Andreev
5th match: mixed doubles match