SYDNEY – Alexander Zverev’s Germany won the mixed doubles final in the United Cup group stage on Saturday, with the Netherlands defeating Norway and Germany defeating Italy 2-1.
Zverev came from behind to beat Lorenzo Sonego 6-7(5), 6-3, 6-4, and teamed up with Angelique Kerber to win the mixed doubles match with Sorengo and Angelica Moratelli 6-3, 6-0. He achieved victory.
Zverev said: “We are both very happy and the whole team is also very happy.” “Angie played great in the mixed matches and also had a high level of singles in her first match back.”
Kerber, a three-time Grand Slam singles champion, played in her first match since giving birth in February. She lost to Jasmine Paolini 6-4, 7-5.
World number one Iga Swiatek helped top-seeded Poland take a commanding 2-0 lead against Brazil, who suffered their second defeat in two days.
Swiatek defeated Beatriz Haddad Maia 6-2, 6-2 in her first match of the season, while Hubert Hurkas bounced back to defeat Thiago Sabos Wild 6-7 (4), 6-2, 6- in two and a half hours. I broke it in 3. .
The winner of Monday’s match between Poland and Spain will advance to the quarter-finals.
In Sydney, Arantxa Rus defeated Marlene Helgo in two sets to give the Netherlands an early lead, followed by Kasper Ruud with a two-set victory over Talon Griekspur to tie Norway’s Group F. .
In mixed doubles, the Dutch pair of Demi Schuurs and Wesley Koolhoff took the lead against Ruud and Ulrikke Eikeli 7-6 (5), 7-5.
In Group E in Perth, China had Zhang Zhijin defeating Jiri Rehechka 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, Zheng Qinwen defeated No. 7 Marketa Vondrosova 6-1, and the Czech Republic. They won with 0 wins and 0 losses. 2-6, 6-1. After that, the Chinese pair won all the matches in mixed doubles.
Mixed teams from 18 countries are playing in Perth and Sydney as a prelude to the Australian Open. The format is men’s and women’s singles and mixed doubles.
On Sunday, men’s number one Novak Djokovic returns to Perth for the first time since the 2013 Hopman Cup, when he led Serbia in their first group match against China.