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BRISBANE, Australia – Canada gets back into action for its second and final group-stage match at the United Cup.

And again, there will be no Félix Auger-Aliassime in singles. The question will be if Greece will have Stefanos Tsitsipas, whose back appeared to be acting up in the mixed doubles on Tuesday and who did not play singles.

All four United Cup matchups on the final day of the group stages look pretty compelling.

In Hong Kong, No. 2 Karen Khachanov and No. 3 Frances Tiafoe see their first singles action of the 2024 season.

WTA Tour – Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024 final results

(Perth and Hong Kong are 13 hours ahead of EST; Brisbane is 15 hours ahead and Sydney is 16 hours ahead).

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Brisbane International
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Category: ATP Tour 250
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: Dec. 31, 2023 – Jan. 7, 2024
Prize money: $739,945
Draws: S32 / D24

Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024
Final results

Singles, second round

[1] Holger Rune (DEN) def Alexander Shevchenko (RUS) 64 57 62

Matteo Arnaldi (ITA) def. [Q] Lukas Klein (SVK) 64 36 75
[Q] James Duckworth (AUS) def Yannick Hanfmann (GER) 46 61 76 (2)
Roman Safiullin (RUS) def Alexei Popyrin (AUS) 67 (9) 64 76 (3)

Singles, first round

[4] Ugo Humbert (FRA) def [Q] Alex Michelsen (USA) 64 64

Doubles, second round

Andreas Mies (GER) / John-Patrick Smith (AUS) def [4] Rinky Hijikata / Jason Kubler (AUS) 64 63
Max Purcell / Jordan Thompson (AUS) def [5] Nikola Mektic (CRO) / Hugo Nys (MON) 63 63
Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) / Sebastian Korda (USA) def [6] Harri Heliovaara (FIN) / John Peers (AUS) 46 63 [10-3]

[2] Lloyd Glasspool (GBR) / Jean-Julien Rojer (NED) def Nicolas Barrientos (COL) / Rafael Matos (BRA) 62 63
[8] Yuki Bhambri (IND) / Robin Haase (NED) def. (FRA) Ugo Humbert / Ben Shelton (USA) WALKOVER

Doubles, first round

James Duckworth / Christopher O’Connell (AUS) def. Matteo Arnaldi (ITA) / Tomas Martin Etcheverry (ARG) WALKOVER

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United Cup
Location: Perth and Sydney, Australia
Category: ATP/WTA Mixed event
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: Dec. 29 – Jan. 8, 2024
Prize money: $15,000,000
Draws: RRs

Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024
Results

FRA 3, ITA 0 (Final)

Adrian Mannarino (FRA) def. Lorenzo Sonego (ITA) 64 64
Caroline Garcia (FRA) def. Jasmine Paolini (FRA) 64 57 64
Elixane Lechemia / Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) def. Nuria Brancaccio / Flavio Cobolli (ITA) 76 (5) 64

POL 3, CHN 0 (Final)

Hubert Hurkacz (POL) def. Zhang Zhizhen (CHN) 63 64
Iga Swiatek (POL) def. Zheng Qinwen (CHN) 62 63
Katarzyna Piter / Jan Zielinski (POL) def Xiaodi You / Fajing Sun (CHN) Clara Burel (FRA)

GRE 3, CAN 0 (Final)

Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) def. Steven Diez (CAN) 62 63
Maria Sakkari (GRE) def. Leylah Fernandez (CAN) 76 (2) 63
Despina Papamichail / Petros Tsitsipas (GRE) def. Stacey Fung / Félix Auger-Aliasime (CAN) 75 64

AUS 3, SRB 0 (Final)

Alex de Minaur (AUS) def. Novak Djokovic (SRB) 64 64
Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS) vs. Natalija Stevanovic (SRB) 61 61
Storm Hunter / Matthew Ebden (AUS) def. Dejana Radanovic / Nikola Cacic (SRB) 63 63