Flavio Cobolli was on the verge of defeat Tuesday in Sydney. But the Italian saved a match point and produced a memorable comeback to book his country’s place in the quarterfinals of the United Cup.
His opponent, Ugo Humbert, won his first 17 service points in the second set and served for the match at 6-3, 5-4 15/0. But the Frenchman was unable to convert match point at 8/7 in the ensuing tie-break and that proved costly.
“I think that we did a great match. It was a great battle to start the season, so I’m really happy about the match,” Cobolli said. “I think I played a really good match and also it was tough to come back [against] Ugo. Congrats also for him and I wish him good luck for his season.”
Italy has now won Group D and will move into the knockout stages of the mixed-teams event. France needed to defeat Italy 3-0 to win the group.
Earlier, World No.2 Iga Swiatek powered a memorable 2-1 victory for Poland against Norway on Monday evening at the United Cup.
With the result, Norway has been eliminated from the United Cup. The winner between Poland and the Czech Republic on Wednesday will win Group B and advance to the quarterfinals of the mixed-teams competition. Barring any lineup changes, Swiatek will face Karolina Muchova in a rematch of the 2023 Roland Garros final.
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