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Canada gets its 2025 season under way with a challenging one against Croatia, which boasts a solid – if not superstar – 1-2 punch in Donna Vekic and Borna Coric.

Both winnable matches for Leylah Fernandez and Félix Auger-Aliassime. But the latter, after being up a bagel set and a break before Coric even got on the board, found a way to lose it.

They managed to squeak through in the mixed doubles, but that one is going to leave a mark.

WTA Tour – Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024 final results

(Perth is 13 hours ahead of ET; Sydney is 15 hours ahead).

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United Cup
Location: Perth and Sydney, Australia
Category: WTA/ATP 500
Surface: Hard Court
Dates: Dec. 27, 2024 – Jan. 5, 2025
Prize Money: $10,250,000
Draws: RR

Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024
Results

SYDNEY, DAY SESSION

SUI 2, FRA 1 (Final)
(Group D – Round Robin)

1. [16] Belinda Bencic (SUI) def [10] Chloe Paquet (FRA) 63 61

2. [10] Ugo Humbert (FRA) def. [16] Dominik Stricker (SUI) 63 75

3. [16] Belinda Bencic / Dominic Stricker (SUI) def [10] Edouard Roger-Vasselin / Elixane Lechemia (FRA) 61 76 (4)

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PERTH, DAY SESSION

CAN 2, CRO 1 (Final)
(Group A – Round Robin)

1. [7] Leylah Fernandez (CAN) def. [18] Donna Vekic (CRO) 64 63

2. [18] Borna Coric (CRO) def [7] Félix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) 06 64 64 

3. Leylah Fernandez / Félix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) def. Ivan Dodig / Lucija Ciric Bagaric (CRO) 63 64

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SYDNEY, EVENING SESSION

AUS 1, ARG 2 (Final)
(Group F – Round Robin)

1. [17] Nadia Podoroska (ARG) def [12] Olivia Gadecki (AUS) 62 64

2. [12] Alex de Minaur (AUS) def [17] Tomas Martin Etcheverry (ARG) 61 64

3. [17] Maria Lourdes Carlé / Tomas Martin Etcheverry (ARG) def [12] Ellen Perez / Matthew Ebden (AUS) 62 64

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PERTH, EVENING SESSION

GRE 2, ESP 1 (Final)
(Group D – Round Robin)

1. [14] Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (ESP) def [3] Maria Sakkari (GRE) 62 61

2. [3] Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) def. [14] Pablo Carreño Busta (ESP) 64 46 63

3. [3] Maria Sakkari / Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) def Yconne Cavalle-Reimers / Sergio Martos Gornes (ESP) 46 63 [10-6]

 

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United Cup ’25 – Friday final results

Team Canada in Perth for United Cup (vid)

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