On January 7, 2024, Beijing time, the 2024 World Tennis Confederation Cup finally ushered in the final battle. In a pinnacle tennis matchup, the German team relied on the victory of men's singles and mixed doubles to defeat the powerful Polish team 2-1 and win the 2024 World Tennis Union Cup. Poland's first sister, Swiatek, won the MVP and was named the Most Valuable Player.
Union Cup Germany team
Union Cup Poland
The 2024 World Tennis Confederation Cup is on the way to the finals. The Polish team sent the world's No. 1 sister Swiatek, led by the world's No. 9 Hurkacz, 3-0 Brazil and 2-1 Spain in the group stage, winning two consecutive victories to enter the top 8. Beat China 3-0 in the round of 8. In the semi-finals, they defeated France 3-0 to advance to the final. The German team sent former and post-Korber, who has won three Grand Slam women's singles titles, and Zverev, the world No. 7 men's singles, to lead the way. In the group stage, 2-1 Italy, 1-2 France, 1-1 thrilling advance to the top 8. 2-1 win over Greece in the round of eight. In the semi-finals, they beat hosts Australia 2-1 to advance to the final. From the point of view of the promotion process, the Polish team is smooth sailing and riding the dust, while the German team seems to be stumbling, and in terms of overall strength and stability, Poland is better than Germany.
The world's first sister, Swiatek
Today's final, the women's singles competition will be played first. Skiatek, the world's first sister, played against Germany after the ball Kerber. The first sister's performance in this joint cup is almost perfect, and she is definitely the anchor of the Polish team. Won all 4 matches and conceded only 1 set. Kerber is 1-3 and only won 2-1 against Australia's Tomjanovic. Today's Women's Singles match also reflected the strength between the two. Swiatek had a narrow start but beat Kerber 6-3, 6-0 to take the first point for Poland. The Polish girl also won all her matches in the Women's Singles of the United Cup with an impressive record of five wins.
Germany front ball back Kerber
The second men's singles matchup was quite close. Poland's Hurkacz is ranked 9th in the world and Germany's Gozverev is ranked 7th, both of the top players on the stage of the 2023 finals. Hurkacz is 3-1 in this UEF Cup, and Zverev is also 3-1. The two sides have met twice before, with Zverev coming out victorious. Sure enough, today's game was extremely hotly contested. Both sets were tied for the final tie-break. In the end, Zverev fought hard for 2 hours and 59 minutes to save two match points in the second set to defeat Hurkacz 6(3)-7/7-6(6)/6-4 to make it three wins in a row against Poland. Poland and Germany scored 1-1, and the two teams will compete for the final championship through a mixed doubles showdown.
Poland a brother Hurkacz
German iron man Zverev
In the mixed doubles, Poland sent Swiatek/Hurkacz and Germany's Sigmund/Zverev. The Swiatek/Hurkacz pair won all four of their previous mixed doubles matches 2-0. Germany's Sigmund/Zverev were the unbeatable little powerhouse, winning 15-13 in the semi-finals against the Australian pair in a long-set tie-break, giving Germany a crucial point in the final. In today's mixed doubles match, the German pair won 6-4 in the first set, and in the second set, the Polish pair returned 7-5. The two sides went into a brutal long set tie-break. As a result, the German tank was like a bamboo, blitzed Poland 3-0, and finally the German combination won the tie-break 10-4. Germany won the championship 2-1.
Sigmund, the German mixed doubles goddess of war
Congratulations to Germany for winning the first UEFA Cup title in German history with a 2-1 victory over Poland!