If Iga Świątek won against Qinwen Zheng, she could have secured Poland’s advancement to the United Cup semi-finals. This is because Hubert Hurkacz had already defeated Zhizhen Zhang in two sets and won the first point for our team. The WTA ranking leader fulfilled her task perfectly and gave her opponent no chance .
Interestingly, Zheng broke Świątek at the very beginning of the match and won the next game, but the Pole responded with… nine games in a row! In the second set, the Roland Garros champion had a brief moment of weakness, but in the end it did not hinder her in any way.
In the Poland-China match, only the mixed doubles match remains to be played, but Iga Świątek and Hubert Hurkacz got a chance to rest this time while securing an early triumph. Katarzyna Piter and Jan Zieliński played in the team led by Tomasz Wiktorowski.
In the semi-finals of the United Cup, the Poles will play against France or Norway, Canada or Greece. It all depends on which team will ultimately advance from second place in the groups played in Sydney.