The star Tennis participant Alexander Zverev impressed Germany to their maiden United Cup title on Sunday, January 7. Germany defeated their neighbours Poland by 2-1 in the final at Sydney’s Ken Rosewall Arena.
Zverev beat the world no.9 Hubert Hurkacz in the opening thriller to give Germany a lead however the present world no.1 and the four-time Grand Slam champion Iga Swiatek levelled the rating by defeating the previous no.1 Angelique Kerber in the second recreation.
But Zverev partnered with Laura Siegemund shocked Iga Swiatek-Hubert Hurkacz by 6-4, 5-7, 10-4 in the third match to clinch the celebrated ATP 500 title. Zverev saved two factors in opposition to Hurkacz to play an enormous function in Germany’s triumph however Swiatek was awarded with MVP for her dominant consequence in opposition to three-time main Angelique Kerber.
Zverev credited his teammates for an exciting win over Poland and in addition praised Iga’s spectacular efficiency.
“It’s been absolutely amazing. It’s been a pleasure and it’s been absolutely so much fun for everybody to be part of this team, especially for me,” Zverev mentioned in the course of the trophy presentation. “I really thank you guys for being part of this. I really couldn’t be happier to be sharing this trophy with anybody than you guys. Iga, congratulations on the MVP. I said it before in an interview, I think having you on a team is like having a cheat code on a video game, so it’s amazing what you’ve been doing for the past few years and I think you have a big season ahead.”
Swiatek, 22, expressed her disappointment to miss the silverware however highlighted the crew’s spectacular progress in the event after making the semi-finals final yr.
“It was really tight. Last year we made it to the semi-finals, this year to the final so hopefully the next step is going to be winning,” Swiatek mentioned. “For sure we’re making progress and I want to thank my team, all the players, the captain [Tomasz Wiktorowski], who I convinced to be a captain. And he did an amazing job, really supported us throughout the whole tournament.”
