Poland will face the United States in the United Cup semi-finals after a 2-1 victory over hosts Australia on Friday in Sydney.
The quarter-final was decided in mixed doubles after Poland’s Iga Swiatek beat Maya Joint 6-1, 6-1 in 57 minutes and Australia’s Alex de Minaur outlasted Hubert Hurkacz 6-4, 4-6, 6-4.
Poles Jan Zielinski and Katarzyna Kawa claimed a 6-4, 6-0 victory over Storm Hunter and John-Patrick Smith to set up a rematch of last year’s United Cup final with the American contingent. Switzerland and Belgium will face each other on Saturday in the other semi-final.
Brisbane International
No. 1 seed Daniil Medvedev of Russia overcame a slow start to beat lucky Polish loser Kamil Majchrzak 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-2 and reach the semi-finals in Australia.
Medvedev hit 16 aces and saved five of six break points to set up a meeting with Alex Michelsen, a 6-3, 7-6 (7) winner over fellow American Sebastian Korda.
In the other half of the draw, Aleksandar Kovacevic and Brandon Nakashima will face off in an all-American semi-final. Kovacevic held off 24 aces in a 7-6(3), 4-6, 6-3 loss to Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard, while Nakashima claimed a 6-3, 6-3 win over Belgian qualifier Raphael Collignon.
Hong Kong Tennis Open
The top three seeds reached the semifinals of the season-opening event, led by number one Lorenzo Musetti’s 6-4, 6-4 victory over Hong Kong prospect Coleman Wong.
Musetti faced just one break point and converted three of six break chances. The Italian’s next opponent will be third-seeded Russian Andrey Rublev, who saved his only break point and won 89 percent of the points (34 of 38) on his first serve in a 6-3, 6-4 loss to No. 8 seed Nuno Borges of Portugal.
Kazakh Alexander Bublik, seeded second, will meet Marcos Giron in the other semi-final. Bublik beat Chinese wild card Juncheng Shang 6-1, 7-6 (2) and Giron was leading fellow American Michael Mmoh 6-3, 1-0 when Mmoh withdrew from the match.
–Field level media
