Frances Tiafoe battles past Briton Dan Evans to put the US into the semi-finals of the inaugural United Cup mixed team tournament as Poland, Greece and Italy also advance
The three countries who won their"city finals" will be joined in the last four in Sydney by the top runner-up, Italy, in the $15 million event, which replaces the short-lived ATP Cup.
Frances Tiafoe has battled past Briton Dan Evans 3-6 7-5 6-3 to put the United States into the semi-finals of the inaugural United Cup mixed team tournament as Poland and Greece also advanced. "It's a big deal," Tiafoe said. "We want to go deep... win this event so it was one of the stepping stones towards that. Today was a big one."Poland's players and staff broke into dance after their heavyweight mixed doubles pair of Iga Swiatek and Hubert Hurkacz won the final rubber against Italy's Lorenzo Musetti and Camilla Rosatello 6-1 6-2 to wrap up a 3-2 victory.
"Amazing," three-times Grand Slam champion Swiatek said. "It's even better winning in a team than as an individual. I'm so happy we did it together and the team effort paid off."
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