Xinhua News Agency, Sydney, January 8 (Reporter Hao Yalin and Wang Qi) The final of the first United Cup tennis tournament was held in Sydney on January 8. The US team defeated the Italian team 4-0 to win the championship.
According to the rules of the tournament, the two sides will have two singles matches for men and women, and then a mixed doubles match depending on the situation.
In the first women's singles competition, the Italian team Trevisan lost to the US team Pegula 4:6, 2:6.
In the second men's singles match, Italian team Musetti withdrew due to injury in the match with American team Tiaf.
With the U.S. leading 2-0, the pressure came to Italy's top men's singles player, Berrettini, who played in the third singles match.
He played very stalemate with the American team Fritz, two tie-breaks, and Berrettini lost 6:7(4), 6:7(6).
As a result, the US team has secured the victory.
In the fourth singles match, American women's singles player Keith defeated Italian team Bronzetti 6:3, 6:2, and the total score became 4:0.
Mixed doubles matches were not played.
The United Cup is a new team event jointly organized by the Association of Men's Professional Tennis Players (ATP), Women's Tennis Association (WTA) and Tennis Australia. A total of 18 teams participated in the first competition.
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