On January 3, 2024, Beijing time, the semifinals of the 2024 World Tennis Confederation Cup Perth Division were contested. Poland's 3-0 victory over China has already shown that the championship is unstoppable. The Kangaroos unexpectedly beat Novak Djokovic's Serbia 3-0 to make it from the group stage to the last four in Sydney.
The Kangaroos advance to the Final Four
The Polish team has two members of the year-end finals, Swiatek and Hurkacz, and the double insurance is really enviable. The two consecutive victories in the group stage were bloodless, and the first place in the group was directly promoted, and the semi-finals faced the new force Chinese team and swept 3-0. Zhang Zhizhen and Zheng Qinwen still look a little immature in the face of super-first-class players. Of the 18 teams participating in the United Cup, only the United States and Greece can compete with them in terms of card strength. Unfortunately, the defending champions, the United States, have been eliminated from the group stage. The Greek team sent the first brother Tsitsipas, who is ranked 6th in the world at the end of the year, and the first sister Sakkari, who is ranked 9th in the world at the end of the year, is also a member of the two year-end finals. Chile lost 2-1 in the group stage, but that was in the absence of Tsitsipas, who returned in the second game and swept Canada 3-0 to top the group. Therefore, the only team that can stop Poland is probably the Greek team.
The Polish team was unstoppable
The Kangaroos were a pleasant surprise as hosts, with De Minaur and Tomjanovic fielding in this United Cup. De Minaur is ranked 12th in the world, while Tomjanovic is only 290. They lost 2-1 to Great Britain in their opening group game. In the second game, they faced the defending champion United States and won 2-1. De Minaur made a great contribution to the victory over the American Fritz to score a crucial point, and finally luckily ranked first in the group with a high winning percentage Jedi counterattack to qualify directly, and the United States team was eliminated. Perth semi-finals against Serbia, and Djokovic suffered a recurrence of an old wrist injury, De Minaur defeated Djokovic 2-0, Serbia had no intention of fighting, defeated like a mountain, and finally lost 0-3 to Australia. Australia is lucky to advance to the top 4 and can send troops to Sydney, I don't know if the good luck will still be able to favor Australia.
Djokovic's old injury has relapsed
The semi-finals in Perth have come to an end, and the semi-finals in Sydney will officially start tomorrow. France will play Norway tomorrow and Greece will play Germany the day after tomorrow. Finally, the semi-finals and finals of the United Cup will be played in Sydney. Who will have the last laugh, let's wait and see!