United Cup: The New Year’s program – tennisnews.gr
The Rich will be on the United Cup schedule in the New Year, with Casper Ruud, Hubert Hurkacz, Paula Badosa and Petra Kvitova among the players competing for the first time.
The 2nd matchday of the United Cup ends today, with Greek interest turning to the tie between Belgium and Bulgaria, which is for the group of our national team. The tie is at 1-1 and if Belgium wins, then things will be clear, since Greece and Belgium will claim 1st place with a win in the tie between them, on the two days of January 2-3. If Bulgaria wins, then Greece will have the possibility to qualify even with a loss, they do not have to win more matches in case of a three-way draw – we remember that with Bulgaria they had a very good score of 4-1.
From tomorrow, the first appearances of the season stand out for Casper Ruud, who will play Thiago Monteiro at 02:00 in the morning, but also for Hubert Hurkacz, who will appear against Alexander Bublik at 07:30 in the morning Greece.
Premiere also for Paula Badosa, who will play with Harriet Dart at 06:30 in the morning, while if the Spaniards do not change their decision, we will also see a mixed doubles with Badosa and Rafael Nadal, in the last game of this tie.
Detailed schedule for Sunday (01/01):
Ken Rosewall Arena (Sydney):
01:00 GERMANY – CZECH REPUBLIC 0-2 (Group C)
01:00 Laura Siegemund – Petra Kvitova
03:00 Oscar Otte – Dalibor Svrcina
05:00 Lohoff/Fallert – Maleckova/Svrcina
06:30 SPAIN – GREAT BRITAIN 0-2 (Group D)
06:30 Paula Badosa – Harriet Dart
08:30 Pablo Carreno Busta – Daniel Evans
half past ten Badosa/Nadal – Dart/Evans
RAC Arena (Perth):
04:00 BELGIUM – BULGARIA 1-1 (Group A)
04:00 Elise Mertens – Viktoriya Tomova
06:00 Zizou Bergs – Dimitar Kuzmanov
08:00 Mertens/Goffin – Tomova/Dimitrov
09:30 CROATIA – ARGENTINA 2-0 (Group F)
09:30 Petra Martic – Nadia Podoroska
11:30 Borna Gojo – Federico Coria
13:30 Vekic/Coric – Podoroska/Cerundolo
Pat Rafter Arena (Brisbane):
02:00 BRAZIL – NORWAY 2-0 (Group E)
02:00 Thiago Monteiro – Casper Rudd
04:00 Laura Pigossi – Ulrike Eikkeri
06:00 Stefani/Matos – Ikeri/Durasovic
07:30 POLAND – KAZAKHSTAN 1-1 (Group B)
07:30 Hubert Hurkacz – Alexander Bublik
09:30 Magda Linette – Zhibek Kulambayeva
11:30 Swiatek/Hurkacz – Kulambayeva/Bublik
*United Cup matches are broadcast by COSMOTE TV.