Taylor Fritz saved a match point against Spain\u2019s Jaume Munar and the United States rallied to beat Spain 2-1 on Monday to reach the United Cup quarterfinals in \u200dAustralia.<\/p>\n
After Coco Gauff suffered a stunning three-set loss to Jessica Bouzas Maneiro in the opener, Fritz leveled the match in Perth with a 7-6 (4), 3-6, 7-6 (6) defeat of Munar. Gauff and Christian Harrison clinched the Group A victory with a 7-6 (5), 6-0 win against Yvonne Cavalle-Reimers and Inigo Cervantes \u200cin mixed doubles.<\/p>\n
In Sydney, Iga Swiatek and Hubert \u200cHurkacz led Poland over Germany in Group F and the Czech Republic posted a 3-0 win against Norway in Group D. Greece leads Great Britain 2-0 in Group E (Perth) after Stefanos Tsitsipas rallied to beat Bily \u200bHarris 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (4) and Maria Sakkari defeated Emma Raducanu in three sets.<\/p>\n
Brisbane International<\/p>\n
Top-seeded Daniil Medvedev of Russia cruised to a 6-2, \u200d6-3 win against Hungary\u2019s Marton Fucsovics \u200bin 70 minutes in the opening round in Australia.<\/p>\n
Medvedev \u200bconverted six of 10 break points and took advantage of 26 \u200dunforced errors from Fucsovics to set up a second-round clash with Frances Tiafoe.<\/p>\n
No. 3 seed Jiri Lehecka outlasted fellow Czech Tomas Machac 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-2 in the only other match involving a seeded player. Also advancing were Americans Sebastian Korda, Alex Michelsen and Reilly \u200dOpelka, French qualifier Quentin Halys and lucky loser Kamil Majchrzak of Poland.<\/p>\n
Hong Kong Tennis Open<\/p>\n
No. 8 seed Nuno Borges of Portugal advanced to the \u200dsecond round with a \u200d6-4, 6-3 victory against Damir Dzumhur of Bosnia.<\/p>\n
Borges \u200bstruck five aces and converted five of eight \u200bbreak \u2060opportunities in the 76-minute win, finishing with twice \u200cas many winners (18) as Dzumhur (nine). Up next for Borges is Croatian Marin Cilic, a 6-3, 6-2 winner against France\u2019s Adrian Mannarino.<\/p>\n
Chinese wild card Yibing Wu won his opening match 6-4, 6-2 against Hungary\u2019s Fabian Marozsan and will face No. 3 seed Andrey Rublev of Russia in the Round of \u206016.<\/p>\n
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