Alexander Zverev teamed up with veteran Laura Siegemund and delivered a stunning performance to clinch the 2024 United Cup final for Germany.
Some people might consider doubles boring, but if they ever tell you that, send them the highlights of this match. It was a spectacular match that had everything. There was drama, there were spectacular moments, and some great tennis.
Both teams did their best because it was a crucial match. The winner takes all, and Germany took it all. They're in the final and will play against Poland, which should be a spectacular final.
If we get anything like this tie, then we should be happy. It began with Angelique Kerber beating Ajla Tomljanovic earlier today, which was a minor surprise. Then we saw Alex de Minaur turning around the match against Alexander Zverev, and that was quite a surprise because Zverev was the most valuable player for his country so far.
He would suit up later to play some more tennis in the doubles, and Germany needed every bit of that. He and Siegemund played a really solid opening set, fighting back from a break down to win it in the tie-break.
They then took an early break in the second set, and it seemed like a done deal. It wasn't as if the Australians would fight back and then take the second set in another tie-break.
Matthew Ebden and Storm Hunter were favourites, but the Germans wouldn't give up that easily. The match tie-break followed, and it was a crazy in every sense of the word.
Australia was up 5-2, but then Germany got it back to 5-5. After that, we saw good play from both teams, as both sides had match points. Australia had two but didn't use either, while Germany had five and used the final one to win it all. Final score 7-6(2) 6-7(2) 15-13.
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