Alex de Minaur of Team Australia performs a forehand in his singles match towards Novak Djokovic of Team Serbia throughout day six of the 2024 United Cup at RAC Arena on January 03, 2024 in Perth, Australia.
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Novak Djokovic crashed to his first defeat of the season with a surprising 6-4 6-4 loss to Alex de Minaur who gave Australia a 1-0 lead over Serbia in their United Cup quarter-final on Wednesday.
Djokovic was hampered by a proper wrist downside in Serbia’s victory over Czech Republic on Tuesday and the world primary had it labored on once more by a coach earlier than De Minaur earned a late break and went on to clinch the opening set.
Australian Open champion Djokovic dropped serve but once more handy De Minaur a 4-3 benefit in the second set and saved three match factors later, however was unable to forestall the shock loss.
Novak Djokovic of Serbia hits a return shot to Alex de Minaur of Australia in the course of the United Cup tennis match in Perth, Australia, on Jan. 3, 2024.
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Top seeds Poland earlier beat China to succeed in the semi-finals of the 18-team occasion after the big-hitting Hubert Hurkacz eased previous Zhang Zhizhen 6-3 6-4 and Iga Swiatek fought again from 2-0 down in the primary set to beat Zheng Qinwen 6-2 6-3.
It was Swiatek’s third straight singles victory in the occasion which the world primary is utilizing to organize for this month’s Australian Open.
Caroline Garcia and Adrian Mannarino guided France into the quarter-finals with a victory over Italy. World quantity 20 Garcia beat Jasmine Paolini 6-4 5-7 6-4 after Mannarino beat Lorenzo Sonego 6-4 6-4 in the Group D tie.
Greece took a 1-0 lead over Canada in Group B as Australian Open runner-up Stefanos Tsitsipas gained his first singles match of the season by beating Steven Diez 6-2 6-3.
The Australian Open runs from on Jan. 14-28.
