Season-opening United Cup to introduce tactical timeouts
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Season-opening United Cup to introduce tactical timeouts

The Hindu  

Tactical timeouts will be allowed in mixed-doubles matches at the ATP-WTA season-opening United Cup, organisers said Friday, calling it a world first for tennis. “Timeouts initiate a pause in play, it’s a time for teams to discuss tactics and strategy and potentially change the momentum of a match,” said United Cup tournament director Stephen Farrow. The 18-team United Cup kicks off the 2025 season from December 27 to January 5 in Perth and Sydney ahead of the Australian Open Grand Slam in Melbourne. Each team features three men and three women, with ties comprising one men’s and one women’s singles and an often decisive mixed-doubles clash.

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United Cup 2025: Hurkacz, Swiatek send Poland into final, will face USA for the title
1 week ago

United Cup 2025: Hurkacz, Swiatek send Poland into final, will face USA for the title

The Hindu  

Former champion, the United States, returned to the final of the United Cup mixed team tournament with a fortuitous victory over the Czech Republic on Saturday and set up a title clash with Poland, which hammered Kazakhstan. “It’s never easy against Karolina,” said world number three Gauff, who recovered from a break deep in the second set to get past …

Why are they playing tennis matches until nearly 4 a.m. at the Australian Open?
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Why are they playing tennis matches until nearly 4 a.m. at the Australian Open?

Associated Press  

A smile creased Daniil Medvedev’s face as he walked to the net in Rod Laver Arena at 3:39 a.m., finally a winner in the Australian Open’s second round after five sets spread across nearly 4 1/2 hours in the third-latest finish in Grand Slam history. If he were one of the spectators in the nearly empty stands, and a match …

Djokovic, Swiatek headline United Cup team event in Sydney, Perth ahead of Australian Open
1 year, 2 months ago

Djokovic, Swiatek headline United Cup team event in Sydney, Perth ahead of Australian Open

The Hindu  

Novak Djokovic and Iga Swiatek will headline the new-look United Cup mixed team event in Perth and Sydney from December 29 to January 7 as one of the key warm-up tournaments for the Australian Open. 2 and four-time Grand Slam champion Swiatek and Hubert Hurkacz, has been named as the top seed for the 2024 edition after the entries from …

Novak Djokovic and Iga Swiatek Headline United Cup in Sydney and Perth Ahead of Australian Open
1 year, 2 months ago

Novak Djokovic and Iga Swiatek Headline United Cup in Sydney and Perth Ahead of Australian Open

News 18  

Novak Djokovic and Iga Swiatek will headline the new-look United Cup mixed team event in Perth and Sydney from Dec. 29 to Jan. 7 as one of the key warm-up tournaments for the Australian Open. 2 and four-time Grand Slam champion Swiatek and Hubert Hurkacz, has been named as the top seed for the 2024 edition after the entries from …

United Cup to feature fewer matches in 2024
1 year, 3 months ago

United Cup to feature fewer matches in 2024

The Hindu  

The 2024 United Cup will feature fewer matches than the inaugural edition of the team tournament and will take place in only two host cities, organisers said on Friday. This year’s tournament, which was won by the United States, was held in Perth, Sydney and Brisbane and saw teams playing two men’s and two women’s singles matches as well as …

United Cup 2023: All you need to know about inaugural edition of ATP and WTA joint event
2 years ago

United Cup 2023: All you need to know about inaugural edition of ATP and WTA joint event

India Today  

The ATP and WTA's joint event - the United Cup - will kick off the 2023 tennis season in three Australian cities, with a whooping prize money and ranking points at stake. The joint event, in partnership with Tennis Australia, will see 18 countries in a mixed-team competition across Sydney, Brisbane and Perth from December 29 to January 8, with …

United Cup mixed team tournament: Schedule, format, prize money, captains
2 years ago

United Cup mixed team tournament: Schedule, format, prize money, captains

The Hindu  

United Cup, the ATP and WTA tours’ new joint venture, begins on Thursday in three Australian cities with plenty of prize money and ranking points at stake. Each tie will have two men and two women’s singles matches and one mixed doubles match to be played over two days. Among other matches on Thursday’s opening day, the United States plays …

Nadal in Sydney, Swiatek in Brisbane before Australian Open
2 years, 2 months ago

Nadal in Sydney, Swiatek in Brisbane before Australian Open

Associated Press  

SYDNEY — Rafael Nadal and world No. 1-ranked Iga Swiatek were among the top players who had their pre-Australian Open tournament destinations set when the draw was held for the new United Cup mixed teams event on Thursday. 3 Stefanos Tsitsipas and the sixth-ranked Maria Sakkari, is headed to the Western Australian state capital of Perth where they’ll play in …

ATP, WTA to start 2023 season with mixed teams event, United Cup, in Australia
2 years, 2 months ago

ATP, WTA to start 2023 season with mixed teams event, United Cup, in Australia

Firstpost  

18 countries will compete across 11 days from 29 December, with each team comprising up to four men and four women with 500 WTA and 500 ATP rankings points available. Sydney: A new mixed teams event, the United Cup, will open the 2023 tennis season in Australia, with $15 million in prize money and rankings points at stake, the ATP …

The United Cup is tennis's latest attempt at a team tournament. What is it, when does it start and how is it different?
2 years, 2 months ago

The United Cup is tennis's latest attempt at a team tournament. What is it, when does it start and how is it different?

ABC  

A new tennis tournament called the United Cup is going to kick off the season this summer. World number one Iga Świątek is the only Polish player in the women's top 50, with 11th-ranked compatriot Hubert Hurkacz also alone near the top of the men's rankings. For example, Spain is incredibly well represented at the top of the rankings, with …

Sydney to host ATP Cup as part of bumper Australian Open warm-up schedule
3 years, 1 month ago

Sydney to host ATP Cup as part of bumper Australian Open warm-up schedule

The Hindu  

Sydney will host the $10 million ATP Cup from January1-9 as part of a bumper schedule of warm-up tournaments ahead of the Australian Open, organisers said on Thursday. Governing body Tennis Australia also confirmed Melbourne would host Australian Open qualifying from January 10-14 after 2021 qualifying was played abroad due to COVID-19. TA boss Craig Tiley said a record 17 …

Ash Barty returns to action after 11 months for Australian Open warmup
4 years ago

Ash Barty returns to action after 11 months for Australian Open warmup

The Hindu  

World number one Ash Barty will return to competitive tennis after a lengthy hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic when she headlines two WTA tournaments in Melbourne ahead of the Australian Open, organisers said on Thursday. Barty, who held on to the top women's singles ranking during last year's disrupted season, will play for the first time in 11 months …

Djokovic, Nadal set to return for 2nd ATP Cup in Australia
4 years ago

Djokovic, Nadal set to return for 2nd ATP Cup in Australia

The Hindu  

ATP Cup champion Novak Djokovic and runner-up Rafael Nadal are set to return for the season-opening men's team tennis event starting Feb. 1. The inaugural event in 2020 featured 24 teams and was played in three Australian cities, with Djokovic's Serbia team beating Nadal and Spain in the final at Sydney's Ken Rosewall Arena. The Feb. 1-5 second edition will …

Government Declines to Guarantee Australian Open, ATP Cup Schedule
4 years, 1 month ago

Government Declines to Guarantee Australian Open, ATP Cup Schedule

News 18  

Australia’s Victoria state government is confident the Australian Open will go ahead but offered no assurances on Wednesday that players would be allowed to arrive in time for the season-opening ATP Cup and other events in January. But Victoria premier Daniel Andrews questioned whether players needed to arrive so early and said the government was still working with Tennis Australia …

World's leading tennis players could stay longer in Australia after Australian Open due to Covid-19
4 years, 2 months ago

World's leading tennis players could stay longer in Australia after Australian Open due to Covid-19

Daily Mail  

The extension of main tour events in Australia through to mid-February is being strongly considered as tennis continues to grapple with the fallout from the Coronavirus crisis. The world's leading players usually head off to events in North and South America, or indoors in Europe, once they are finished at the Australian Open in Melbourne. The world's leading players, such …

ATP Cup on course, Australia plans more January tournaments
4 years, 4 months ago

ATP Cup on course, Australia plans more January tournaments

The Hindu  

The second edition of the ATP Cup is still scheduled to go ahead in January and Tennis Australia is considering adding more events alongside it to allow players to prepare for the Australian Open, TA Chief Executive Craig Tiley told Reuters. But I think they're going to be pretty hungry to want to play some tennis with some crowds by …

Tennis Australia: Australian Open 2021 cancellation possible
4 years, 8 months ago

Tennis Australia: Australian Open 2021 cancellation possible

The Hindu  

Tennis Australia conceded on Thursday that January's Australian Open faces cancellation under a worst-case scenario, but said it was looking at a range of options in hope the COVID-19 crisis eases. READ | The season-opening Grand Slam is scheduled to take place in Melbourne from January 18-31, more than eight months away, and Tennis Australia said it would abide by …

ATP Cup to consider replacing deciding third sets with longer tiebreaks
4 years, 11 months ago

ATP Cup to consider replacing deciding third sets with longer tiebreaks

Daily Mail  

The abolition of deciding third sets to be replaced by elongated tiebreaks will be seriously considered by the ATP Cup after a series of ultra-late finishes and subsequent player withdrawals this week. The ATP Cup are considering abolishing deciding third sets in favour of elongated tiebreaks With de Minaur the best male hope for the host nation when the Australian …

'New concept' for women’s tennis after scheduling row
5 years ago

'New concept' for women’s tennis after scheduling row

The Hindu  

Australian tennis officials said they were working on a “new concept” for women’s tennis on Wednesday after top players complained they were being shunted aside to make way for the men’s ATP Cup. Brisbane International tournament director Mark Handley said tennis in Australia was in a “transitional period” following the introduction of the ATP Cup, whose inaugural edition is being …

New tennis era kicks off with ATP Cup
5 years ago

New tennis era kicks off with ATP Cup

The Hindu  

Tennis’ innovative new team championship kicks off the men’s 2020 season on Friday, with Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic among those looking for a winning start ahead of the first Grand Slam of the year. “More than 90 percent of the time, we’re playing as individuals and we don’t have too many team events,” said the Serbian great, who also …

Draw of inaugural ATP Cup announced, to begin on January 3, 2020 in Australia
5 years, 3 months ago

Draw of inaugural ATP Cup announced, to begin on January 3, 2020 in Australia

India TV News  

US Open champion Rafael Nadal will start his 2020 season on the opposite side of Australia to Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer when he leads Spain in a group-stage qualifier in Perth in the new ATP Cup team competition. Spain was drawn into Group B with Japan and Georgia and will play in Perth on Australia's west coast, along with …

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