British Cameron Norrie and Katie Swan beat the Spaniards this Saturday. rafael nadal and Nuria Parrizas They faced each other on the 3rd day of the United Cup played in various cities of Australia.
Norrie, who had never won a set from the Spaniard, came from behind in the second set, defeating Nadal 6-3, 3-6, 6-4.. The 14th best racket on the track reversed the score in a game that lasted up to 2 hours and 45 minutes, the first point of the day for England.
Nadal, who hasn’t played since the Nitto ATP Finals in November, has gone from more to less As Norrie increases the intensity. The English player saved two balls that were broken in the second round with a score of 3-2.
Katie Swan (145 ATP) achieved her first victory in the top 100 at the expense of Nuria Parrizas. Starting by winning the first set but losing 3-6, 6-1 and 6-2 (70 ATP). The English team won 2-0 and are just one win away from the top of Group D, beating Australia 3-2 in their first match.
Group B
in group B, Polish and number one in the WTA rankings, Iga Swiatek defeated Kazakh Yulia Putintseva without a hitch. In Brisbane, he beat his team 6-1 and 6-3. His compatriot Daniel Michalski failed to deliver on his commitment against Timofey Skatov, losing 7-6(7), 6-2. Resolution of the conflict will depend on Sunday’s match between Alexander Bublik and Hubert Hurkacz.
Jiri Lehecka made the surprise of the day by defeating the German Alexander Zverev 6-4, 6-2 in group C and gave the Czech Republic the first win of the day in group C. By defeating Jule Niemeier (6-2 and 7-5).
Croatia also won both of their Group F matches against Argentina. Donna Vekic defeated Maria Lourde 6-0, 6-4 and Borna Coric did the same with Francisco Cerundolo (7-5, 6-4). Brazil’s Felipe Alves Meligeni defeated Norway’s Viktor Durasovic (6-3 and 6-3), while Belgian David Goffin lost to Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov 4-6 and 5-7 in the other two games of the day.