{"id":3307,"date":"2023-10-23T21:44:52","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T01:44:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/american-team-drawn-to-start-united-cup-title-defense-in-perth\/23\/10\/2023\/"},"modified":"2023-10-23T21:44:52","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T01:44:52","slug":"american-team-drawn-to-start-united-cup-title-defense-in-perth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/american-team-drawn-to-start-united-cup-title-defense-in-perth\/23\/10\/2023\/","title":{"rendered":"American team drawn to start United Cup title defense in Perth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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PERTH, Australia — Jessica Pegula<\/a> and Taylor Fritz<\/a> will start the U.S. team’s United Cup defense in late December at Perth, where Novak Djokovic<\/a> and Iga Swiatek<\/a> were drawn Monday to play in the group stage of the mixed team tournament.<\/p>\n

The 18 teams have been divided into six groups, with three playing the preliminary stage in Perth on Australia’s West Coast from Dec. 29 and three playing in Sydney.<\/p>\n

It is one of the main tune-up events for the Australian Open, which has been expanded to a 15-day tournament starting Sunday, Jan. 14.<\/p>\n

Top-ranked Djokovic’s six-player Serbia squad was drawn into Group E with China and Czech Republic. The third-seeded U.S. team is in Group C with host Australia and Britain. Swiatek’s Poland team will take on Spain and a qualifier in Group A.<\/p>\n

In Sydney, Stefanos Tsitsipas<\/a> and Maria Sakkari<\/a> will line up for Greece in Group B against Canada and a qualifier.<\/p>\n

France, Italy and Germany will meet in Group D, and Croatia, Netherlands and Norway will contest Group F.<\/p>\n

Each of the group winners and the two top runners-up will qualify for the quarterfinals. Sydney will host the semifinals on Jan. 6 and the final on Jan. 7.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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PERTH, Australia — Jessica Pegula and Taylor Fritz will start the U.S. team’s United Cup defense in late December at Perth, where