Tennis
World Tennis Continental Cup. Results of two days. Swiatek lost to Wang Xinyu
On December 26, exhibition team tournament matches began in Shenzhen, China. World Tennis Continental Cup.
It is played between competition cups. European teams And mira.
Team Europe squad: Iga Swiatek (Poland), Belinda Bencic (Switzerland), Valentin Vachereau (Monaco), Flavio Cobolli (Italy).
World Team Composition: Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan), Andrey Rublev, Zhang Zhizhen (China), Wang Xinyu (China).
The World Tennis Continental Cup is an analogue of the Laver Cup. On the first day of play, each team receives one point for the victory, on the second – two, on the third (decisive) three.
On the 26th, Europe took a 2:0 lead – Swiatek beat Rybakina and Bencic fought Wang Xinyu. However, on December 27, the World team took the lead.
First Zhang beat Cobolli, then Swiatek lost sensationally to Wang, and Vachereau lost to Rublev. Europe’s only victory on Saturday came in doubles; Cobolli and Bencic defeated Zhang and Wang.
World Tennis Continental Cup. 26 December [Первый день]
European Team – World Team
- Belinda Bencic – Wang Xinyu – 4:6, 6:2, [10:5]
- Iga Swiatek – Elena Rybakina – 6:3, 6:3
Video review of Bencic and Wang Xinyu
Video review Sventek vs Rybakina
World Tennis Continental Cup. 27 December [Второй день]
European Team – World Team
- Flavio Cobolli – Zhang Zhizhen – 6:7 (5:7), 3:6
- Iga Swiatek – Wang Xinyu – 2:6, 3:6
- Valentin Vachereau – Andrey Rublev – 6:2, 6:7 (5:7), [7:10]
- Flavio Cobolli / Belinda Bencic – Zhang Zhizhen / Wang Xinyu – 6:3, 7:6 (7:3)
Video review Cobolli and Zhang Zhizhen
Video review Swiatek – Wang Xinyu
Video review Vachereau – Rublev
World Tennis Continental Cup. 28 December [Третий день]
European Team – World Team. Calendar
- Valentin Vachereau – Zhang Zhizhen
- Belinda Bencic-Elena Rybakina
- Flavio Cobolli-Andrey Rublev
- Iga Swiatek / Valentin Vachereau – Elena Rybakina / Andrey Rublev
Source: Sport UA
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