Now I may have not been able to see out the whole thing but at least was fortunate enough to see some of it, particularly during the first half morning and afternoon with the United Cup Tennis yesterday between Great Britain and Argentina in Group F drawn with Australia at Ken Rosewall Arena.
First of all, Katie Boulter too good against Nadia Podoroska in straight sets. She too is entering the next Australian Open edition soon with high hopes beginning mid-January at Melbourne Park & congratulations on her recent engagement by the way with our own Alex De Minaur.
Speaking of De Minaur, he is also entering Melbourne Park too off the back on his string of recent grand slam Quarter-Finals last year, particularly outside the Australian Open other than the fourth round here where he was defeated by Andrey Rublev. Who knows? Maybe either one or even both of them will look to have an extended 2nd week run and Australia will be right behind them, even with just Katie if she does stick around – at least in this upcoming women’s singles draw.
Oh, nice seeing Alex watching on by the way also from yesterday too – just don’t know where he was sitting exactly when staring around the whole arena.
For now, they may as well have to face one another in the mixed doubles match on Wednesday when Australia v Great Britain regardless of outcome beforehand. But hey, they are very compatible with each other that makes this romantic relationship so unique as wishing them lots of success both on & off the court.
Then this second match was a full of cat and mouse through a series of deuces where Billy Harris was on a roll from the start but Tomas Martin Etchverry proved to be the master of this court following his magnificent comeback from the opening set down to keeping Argentina’s hopes alive going into the mixed doubles decider.
In the end though, Boulter came back along with Charlie Broom to secure the series game deciding win over Etchverry and Maria Loudres Carle, having stayed up all along that puts them now on top spot of their group in the 24/25 United Cup.
If you can’t get enough, here’s the two minute odd YouTube clip from yesterday’s game. Also, special shoutout to Chris Stubbs by the way who is currently hosting the United Cup Tennis world feed coverage on top of grand slam tennis and of course motorsports throughout the year! Good on ya Stubbsy!
Happy New Year to all as 2024 ends tonight before we say hello to 2025 at midnight while the United Cup Tennis reaches the halfway mark.
