United Cup
Fritz & Gauff to characterize USA in United Cup; Zverev, Felix be a part of subject
German Zverev aiming to assist house nation defend title
October 10, 2024
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Coco Gauff and Taylor Fritz have dedicated to play the United Cup.
By ATP/WTA Employees
World No.4 Coco Gauff will make her United Cup debut for Crew USA alongside world No.7 and US Open finalist Taylor Fritz on the modern combined staff occasion in 2025.
Twenty-year-old Gauff, who was the flag bearer for the USA on the Olympic Video games in Paris, thrives in a staff setting.
“This can be my first time enjoying the United Cup so I’m tremendous excited to kick off the yr in Australia,” Gauff mentioned. “It’s all the time an honour to characterize my nation.”
“It’s a extremely, cool occasion. I had quite a lot of enjoyable enjoying combined doubles on the Olympics so I kinda wish to do this once more.
“I’ve by no means been to different components of Australia, aside from Melbourne. I don’t know what metropolis we’re going to play in but however I’m tremendous excited to go whether or not it’s Perth or Sydney.”
World No.3 Alexander Zverev, who helped information Crew Germany to a memorable comeback win over Poland to safe the second version of the United Cup, used the occasion to arrange a stellar season, together with deep runs on the Grand Slams and the Roland Garros last.
The 27-year-old, who holds 22 ATP singles titles, is wanting ahead to creating his third look on the match.
“It’s the primary week of the yr… and all of us wish to be in Australia and play towards the perfect gamers on this planet and that’s what the United Cup brings,” Zverev mentioned.
“Enjoying in your nation is clearly extraordinarily particular and I’ve the perfect recollections from this yr.”
The distinctive staff setting United Cup affords can be a giant motivation for Leylah Fernandez and Felix Auger-Aliassime who’re set to line up for Crew Canada once more in 2025.
“I wish to play United Cup 2025 as a result of it’s such a enjoyable staff expertise,” mentioned Fernandez, a US Open finalist in 2021.
“I like being a part of a staff… I get to see slightly bit extra of the lads’s facet of the staff and likewise how they suppose on courtroom, I get to choose their brains slightly bit.
“I additionally suppose the interplay between all of us [is special], we grew up collectively so it’s good to have that second to catch up.”
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Auger-Aliassime agrees, “It’s a good way to begin the yr,” he mentioned.
“I’ve had nice success [playing for my country] and mixing up with Leylah, is all the time good. I like her power, I like her recreation so it’s going to be quite a lot of enjoyable.
“It’s actually my favorite factor, a few of my favorite weeks on tour [playing as part of a team].”
Greece’s (12) Stefanos Tsitsipas and Maria Sakkari, China’s (7) Zheng Qinwen and Norway’s (9) Casper Ruud dedicated to the third version of the match in September.
From Friday 27 December to Sunday 5 January, 18 nations, that includes as much as three males and as much as three girls, will compete throughout Perth and Sydney.
United Cup Match Director Stephen Farrow is delighted to have 5 extra gamers decide to the match early.
“We’re so happy to see Grand Slam champion Coco Gauff line up for Crew USA for the primary time alongside US Open finalist Taylor Fritz,” Farrow mentioned.
“Germany’s world No.3 Alexander Zverev, the two-time Grand Slam finalist and Tokyo Olympics gold medallist, all the time brings the power to the United Cup and little doubt the defending champions can be raring to go for the primary week of the brand new yr.
“We’re additionally excited to welcome Leylah Fernandez and Felix Auger-Aliassime again to the occasion in 2025. The Canadian followers turned out in droves earlier this yr and we stay up for seeing them of their nation colors once more to assist the staff’s subsequent marketing campaign.”
Participation for the primary 16 groups within the United Cup is topic to gamers committing by the match’s entry deadline of 16 October. The remaining two groups can be determined after the second qualification date of 19 November.
The official draw can be held on 21 October and can decide the place every nation will play the group stage.
Ten nations will qualify for the United Cup through the 5 highest-ranked males and 5 highest-ranked girls entered primarily based on their PIF ATP and WTA rankings.
Eight groups will qualify in line with the perfect mixed rating of the highest-ranked males’s and ladies’s gamers from the identical nation.
Tickets
• Tickets for the United Cup quarterfinals in Perth are on sale through Ticketek
• Tickets for the United Cup quarterfinals, semifinals and last in Sydney are on sale through Ticketmaster
• Tickets to the United Cup group levels go on sale Tuesday 22 October at 5:00 p.m. native time in Sydney and Perth
Go to the match tickets web page to purchase your tickets.
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