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The United Cup 2023 has reached its business end, with the semifinals commencing on Friday.
The six group leaders, namely Poland, Greece, the United States, Italy, Croatia, and Great Britain, competed in the knockout stages in Perth, Brisbane, and Sydney. Greece, Poland and the United States won their respective ties while Italy joined them in the semifinals courtesy of being the best team to lose their respective host city finals.
On that note, here is everything you need to know about the semifinalists at the United Cup:
Who are the teams competing in the United Cup semifinals?
Greece, Poland, the United States and Italy are the four teams who will compete in the semifinals of the tournament. The Greeks booked their place in the final four after beating Croatia 3-2 in their knockout tie.
Wins for Donna Vekic, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Maria Sakkari and Borna Gojo saw the scores tied at 2-2 before Sakkari and Tsitsipas won the decisive mixed doubles tie for Greece.
Poland booked their place in the final four by beating Italy 3-2, after Iga Swiatek and Hubert Hurkacz won their mixed doubles tie against Camilla Rosatello and Lorenzo Musetti. The United States, meanwhile, reached the semifinals after a convincing 4-1 win over Great Britain.
Italy lost their tie against Poland but qualified for the final four by being the best among the teams who lost in the host city finals.
United Cup semifinals schedule
The semifinals of the tournament will take place on 6 and 7 January. The first semifinal between Poland and the United States will start at 1 pm, with Iga Swiatek taking on Jessica Pegula. That match will be followed by Frances Tiafoe facing Daniel Michalski.
Greece and Italy will contest the second semifinal, with the first match between Maria Sakkari and Martina Trevisan starting not before 7 pm. Their fixture will be followed by Michail Pervolarakis' match against Lorenzo Musetti.
The remaining matches for both semifinal ties will take place on 7 January. These include Matteo Berrettini facing Stefanos Tsitsipas and Hubert Hurkacz locking horns with Taylor Fritz.
United Cup streaming details
Viewers from the following countries can catch the action live on their respective channels and sites:
Tennis Channel: United States & Puerto Rico
Channel 9, 9Now & Stan Sport: Australia
BT Sport: United Kingdom
TSN & RDS: Canada
Direct TV: Latin America & Caribbean
beIN Sports: France, Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific & Oceania
United Cup YouTube channel: UK, India, Brazil, Japan, Sweden, Netherlands and Belgium
Cosmote: Greece
Charlton: Israel
Ceska TV: Czech Republic
A1 Max Sport: Bulgaria
CCTV & IQIYI: China
Setanta Eurasia: Central Asia, Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova &Ukraine
Sky Sport: New Zealand
Sky Deustchland: Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein, Switzerland & Luxembourg
Sport TV: Portugal
Sport Extra: Romania
SportKlub: Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia, Montenegro & Bosnia-Herzegovina
SuperTennis: Italy & Vatican State
Supersport: Africa
TV2: Denmark
TV3: Estonia, Lithuania & Latvia
TVE: Spain
TVP: Poland
VG: Norway
Live streaming will also be available on Tennis TV.
For the full list of broadcasters for the United Cup 2023, click here.
