Angelique Kerber, the former world number one, returned to the court after more than a year’s break at the United Cup, the opening competition of the tennis season in Australia.
The German, who became the mother of a daughter in February this year, faced the Italian national team representative Jasmine Paolini, in the opening match of group D of the United Cup, but there was no winning comeback.
Kerber had to admit the superiority of her opponent 6:4, 7:5 in the match that lasted an hour and 48 minutes. At the same time, in the second set, Paolini had to give up two games to Kerber, because the Italian could not take the court due to cramps.
Fighting until the last point!
Jasmine Paolini secures Italy’s first win after beating Kerber 6-4 7-5 in Sydney! #UnitedCup pic.twitter.com/GDbc98spfr
— United Cup (@UnitedCupTennis) December 30, 2023
The match between Italy and Germany continues with the men’s singles, where Lorenzo Sonego (Italy) and Alexander Zverev (Germany) will face each other.
Current world number one Iga Swiatek started the season in winning fashion by beating Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia 6:2, 6:2 in Group A. It was Swiatek’s twelfth consecutive victory. In the afternoon, Hubert Hurkacz (Poland) and Thiago Seyboth Wild (Brazil) will face each other in the men’s race.
In the matches played on Saturday morning, in addition to Italy and Poland, China and the Netherlands also won. China won 3-0 over the Czech Republic in Group E, while the Netherlands beat Norway 2-1 in Group F.
2023-12-30 11:31:00
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