On January 5, the United Cup ended with another quarter-final, with France beating Norway 2-1 with Garcia's two points to advance to the semi-finals. In the semi-finals, France will face top seed Poland.
The French team is led by Garcia and Mannarino in this Union Cup, and the first place in the group stage has appeared with two consecutive wins, which is closely related to Garcia's strong performance. In the quarter-finals, they faced a Norway team led by Ruud.
In the first women's singles match, Garcia faced Helgo. It was supposed to be a match of great disparity, with Garcia being one of the top women's singles players of the day and Hergo being a fourth-rate player. The odds for this match are one-sided, with Garcia 1.03 and Hergo 15.
In the first set, as expected, Garcia pressed his opponent in all aspects and won easily 6-2. In the second set, Garcia's form declined, and the score came to 6-6 after holding serve with his opponent, and Garcia missed a 5-2 advantage in the tie-break, and finally lost 6-8. In the third set, Garcia had a lot of ups and downs, missed a 4-1 lead, and was tied at 4-4 by his opponent. After that, the two sides held serve in each of the four games and entered the tie-break again. In the tie-break, Garcia did not miss a 4-1 advantage, and finally won 7-5, winning 2-1 with a big score, and won the expected one point for France.
In the second men's singles match, Mannarino faced Norway's No. 1 Goruud. There was also a huge disparity in quality in this game, with Ruud winning 6-1, 6-4 without any suspense to equalise for Norway.
In the Mixed Doubles, France will feature Garcia/Vasselin, while Norway will feature Ekri/Ruud. Vassellin is a doubles player, and his skills at the net are on the same level as Hsieh Shuwei in women's doubles. Coupled with Garcia's strength in men's singles, they won in straight sets 7-5, 6-4 to seal the win for France.
After advancing to the semi-finals, France will face top seed Poland in the semi-finals. In terms of overall strength, Poland is stronger, but Garcia and Swiatek still have the strength to fight, and maybe she can bring surprises.
So far, the top four have been released, three of which are Poland, France, Australia, and the last four are produced between Greece and Germany.