11m agoWed 1 Jan 2025 at 11:04am
United Cup: Aussies win first set against Brits
Australia has won the opening set of the mixed doubles against Great Britain, but they still have an uphill battle to reach the quarterfinals.
Great Britain automatically advanced after Katie Boulter won her singles match against Gadecki in straight sets.
16m agoWed 1 Jan 2025 at 10:59am
United Cup: Aussies get the break
Australia is serving for the first set at 5-3 after breaking their British opponents in the eighth game.
Olivia Nicholls dropped her serve, giving Alex de Minaur the chance to close out the set for the Aussies.
26m agoWed 1 Jan 2025 at 10:49am
United Cup: Gauff gives US early lead against China
Coco Gauff hugs Zhang Shuai at the net after her straight-sets win..(Getty Images)
Coco Gauff has established a 1-0 lead for the US in its quarterfinal against China in Perth.
Gauff won 7-6 (7/4), 6-2 against Zhang Shuai in the opening singles match.
34m agoWed 1 Jan 2025 at 10:41am
United Cup: Aussies, Brits trade service breaks
Australia and Great Britain have both made nervous starts to the mixed doubles rubber after service breaks were exchanged.
It’s 2-2 in the first set.
ICYMI, Australia has drafted in Alex de Minaur and Olivia Gadecki for the mixed doubles.
Olivia Nicholls is partnering Charles Broom for Great Britain.
38m agoWed 1 Jan 2025 at 10:37am
Brisbane International: Azarenka wins second set against Joint
Maya Joint is going the distance against Victoria Azarenka.(AAP)
Victoria Azarenka’s experience is coming to the fore, as she claims the second set against Australian teenager Maya Joint.
Joint won the first set in a tie-breaker, but Azarenka rebounded to win the second 6-2.
Although Joint broke Azarenka in the second set, the two-time Australian Open champion secured three service breaks on her way to levelling the match.
1h agoWed 1 Jan 2025 at 10:15am
United Cup: De Minaur to play mixed doubles
The Aussies have made a late change to their mixed doubles line-up.
Alex de Minaur will team up with Olivia Gadecki after Matt Ebden and Ellen Perez were initially listed on the team sheet.
The Brits have also made a change with Olivia Nicholls replacing Katie Boulter.
Nicholls will partner Charles Broom.
The switch made by Great Britain means de Minaur and Boulter won’t have to face each other on opposing sides of the net.
De Minaur and Boulter announced their engagement just prior to Christmas.
1h agoWed 1 Jan 2025 at 10:08am
Brisbane International: Joint wins first set against Azarenka
Australian 18-year-old Maya Joint is meeting the challenge of playing Victoria Azarenka with relish.
Joint won the first set of the round-of-32 match in a tie-breaker (7/5).
She and Azarenka have traded breaks early in the second set.
1h agoWed 1 Jan 2025 at 9:46am
United Cup: De Minaur levels tie for Aussies
Alex de Minaur has kept Australia in its tie against Great Britain.(Getty Images)
Alex de Minaur has made sure the mixed doubles is a live rubber with a resounding straight-sets win over Billy Harris.
De Minaur broke the Briton for a fifth time to complete a 6-2, 6-1 victory.
The Aussies are still a chance of reaching the quarterfinals, but it will come down to the mixed doubles.
1h agoWed 1 Jan 2025 at 9:34am
United Cup: De Minaur keeps powering on
With a hometown crowd cheering him on, Alex De Minaur has gained a double break in the second set to lead 4-1 against Billy Harris.
A de Minaur win will see Australia level the tie against Great Britain at 1-1.
1h agoWed 1 Jan 2025 at 9:24am
United Cup: De Minaur goes 2-0 ahead in second set
Alex de Minaur got an early break in the second set.(AAP)
Alex de Minaur is moving closer to victory in his singles match against Billy Harris.
Some breathtaking court coverage saw the Aussie win his most recent service game after he broke Harris at the beginning of the second set.
De Minaur, the world number nine, leads 2-0 in the second set after winning the first 6-2.
2 hours agoWed 1 Jan 2025 at 9:13am
Brisbane International: Aussie Joint takes on Azarenka
It’s still early days, but Aussie young gun Maya Joint is getting on top of Victoria Azarenka in Brisbane.
While Joint was broken by Azarenka, she has grabbed two service breaks against the two-time Australian Open champion to lead 4-2 in the first set.
2 hours agoWed 1 Jan 2025 at 9:07am
United Cup: De Minaur wraps up first set
Alex de Minaur is a set away from victory against Billy Harris.(AAP)
Alex de Minaur serves to love to see out the first set in 38 minutes.
De Minaur won the set 6-2, having twice broken Billy Harris’s serve.
2h agoWed 1 Jan 2025 at 9:04am
United Cup: De Minaur secures double break
Alex de Minaur will serve for the first set at 5-2 against Great Britain’s Billy Harris.
The Aussie broke Harris’s serve for the second time in the seventh game.
2h agoWed 1 Jan 2025 at 8:56am
United Cup: De Minaur gets the break
Alex de Minaur secured an early break against Billy Harris.(AAP)
Alex de Minaur is getting on top of Billy Harris in their singles rubber in Sydney.
The Australian men’s number one broke his British opponent in the fifth game of the first set to establish a 3-2 lead.
De Minaur’s partner Katie Boulter had earlier put Great Britain 1-0 ahead following her victory over Olivia Gadecki.
Great Britain has automatically advanced to the quarterfinals, courtesy of Boulter’s straight-sets win, but Australia is still a chance of reaching the knockout stage.
2 hours agoWed 1 Jan 2025 at 8:34am
United Cup: De Minaur wins opening service game
Alex de Minaur has relaxed the nerves to win his first service game against Great Britain’s Billy Harris.
Harris had earlier held serve in front of a parochial Ken Rosewall Arena crowd who have — politely — let the Briton know they are behind their local hero de Minaur.
2 hours agoWed 1 Jan 2025 at 8:31am
Brisbane International: Kasatkina wins marathon match
In a match lasting a gruelling three hours and 21 minutes, world number nine Daria Kasatkina was pushed to the brink before prevailing against American Peyton Stearns.
Russia’s Kasatkina, seeded three in Brisbane, drew upon all of her energy reserves to win 7-6 (9/7), 4-6, 7-5.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian 16th seed Dayana Yastremska departed the tournament after a 7-5, 6-4 loss to Russia’s Anastasia Potapova.
2h agoWed 1 Jan 2025 at 8:24am
United Cup: De Minaur on court as Aussies look to level tie
Australia’s top-ranked men’s player Alex de Minaur is warming up for his singles rubber against Great Britain’s Billy Harris on Ken Rosewall Arena.
We’ll keep you updated throughout the match.
3h agoWed 1 Jan 2025 at 8:06am
United Cup: Great Britain claims lead after Boulter triumphs
Katie Boulter has put Great Britain in front.(Getty Images)
Katie Boulter breaks Olivia Gadecki’s serve to put an exclamation mark on an impressive victory in the opening singles rubber.
Boulter was victorious 6-2, 6-1 over Gadecki to give Great Britain a 1-0 lead over Australia.
The straight-sets win put Great Britain into the quarterfinals, but Australia can still advance — as the top second-placed team in Sydney — via results in the remaining singles and mixed doubles rubbers.
Boulter will now watch on as her partner, Australian men’s number one Alex de Minaur, faces her British teammate Billy Harris.
3h agoWed 1 Jan 2025 at 7:54am
United Cup: Tough night so far for Aussies
Australia captain Lleyton Hewitt (left) gives words of encouragment to Olivia Gadecki.(AAP)
Australia has its back to the wall early in their final group tie against Great Britain.
3h agoWed 1 Jan 2025 at 7:45am
United Cup: Boulter steaming towards victory
Katie Boulter is well on top in the opening singles rubber.(AAP)
She won the first set comfortably, now Great Britain’s Katie Boulter has two service breaks early in the second against Australia’s Olivia Gadecki.
Boulter leads 3-0 in the second set on Ken Rosewall Arena.
She won the first set 6-2.