In this new edition of the United Cup, two new teams are entering the fray.
These are the Czech Republic and Norway. This is the first Pool B match to take place in Sydney.
In the first poster of the day, Karolina Muchova started with the status of favorite.
Opposed to Malene Helgo, the Roland-Garros finalist in 2023 did not give details and won dryly 6-2, 6-2 in just over an hour and a quarter.
The second match, on the other hand, promised a lot between Casper Ruud and Tomas Machac.
The match did not disappoint and even offered some spectacular points, and it was at the end of the effort that the Norwegian ended up resetting the scorers to zero (7-6, 5-7, 6-4 in almost three hours of play).
In the decisive mixed doubles, the pair Karolina Muchova/Tomas Machac was opposed to that composed of Ulrikke Eikeri and Viktor Durasovic.
Without being too scared, the Czech duo won in two sets (6-4, 6-4) to bring their team the first point of the group.
While waiting for Poland's Iga Swiatek and Hubert Hurkacz to enter the fray, the Czech Republic is sure to play a decisive second match in the race for qualification.
For Norway, they will have to beat Poland to hope for anything, but the chances of qualifying are now seriously compromised.
