United States to Open Towards the Czech Republic Wednesday, Dec. 28
Mixed Males’s and Girls’s Worldwide Group Cup Event will Characteristic Stars Rafael Nadal and Iga Swiatek; Individuals Madison Keys, Jessica Pegula and Taylor Fritz
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 27, 2022 – Tennis Channel would be the unique dwelling of the inaugural United Cup December 28-January 8, to be held in Australia. The brand new match options mixed males’s and ladies’s groups competing for his or her nations and tour factors with a lineup that features top-ranked gamers from every nation, amongst them Rafael Nadal and Iga Swiatek, and Individuals Madison Keys, Jessica Pegula and Taylor Fritz. Dwell protection begins Wednesday, Dec. 28, at 8 p.m. ET, as the US faces the Czech Republic.
The United Cup begins with 18 nations cut up into six teams of three every. Performed in three Australian cities – Sydney, Brisbane and Perth – every metropolis hosts two of the teams of three. The occasion consists of a two-match round-robin stage for each nation, with the 2 group winners in every metropolis squaring off for a spot within the semifinals (of the three runners-up, the nation with the perfect general document will grow to be the fourth semifinalist).
Head-to-head competitors is predicated on two males’s and two ladies’s singles matches, value one level every. Ought to the rating be tied at two, a mixed-doubles match will settle the competition. Every day protection will be discovered at https://tennischannel.com/schedule.
Tennis Channel will dedicate 80 stay hours to the United Cup, with one other 60 hours of encore protection. The community’s second channel, T2 on Samsung TV Plus, may even supply stay matches of the occasion, as will streaming service Tennis Channel Plus. That platform will make all United Cup competitors accessible on demand following their conclusion.
The community’s United Cup live-coverage staff contains Corridor of Famer Pam Shriver (@PHShriver), and former gamers Paul Annacone (@paul_annacone), Chanda Rubin (@Chanda_Rubin), Prakash Amritraj (@PrakashAmritraj), Mark Knowles (@Knowlzee10s), Jan-Michael Gambill (@JanmikeGambill) and Jason Goodall. They are going to be joined by sportscasters Ari Wolfe and Gill Gross (@Gill_Gross), and podcaster Alex Gruskin (@AlGruskin). Lead-in present Tennis Channel Dwell on the United Cup might be hosted by award-winning announcer Steve Weissman (@Steve_Weissman), alongside Rubin, Annacone and Amritraj.
The USA will play Germany Sunday, Jan. 1, at 8 p.m. ET. Along with Keys, Pegula and Fritz, the Individuals are represented by Frances Tiafoe, Denis Kudla, Alycia Parks, Hunter Reese and Desirae Krawczyk.
The 18 United Cup international locations are: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Britain, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Kazakhstan, Norway, Poland, Spain, Switzerland and the US.
