UNITED CUP 2026

[Miss_Vee]

Happy New Year 🥳 everyone!  Hope you all have enjoyed the Christmas season.  I truly cannot believe how much I’m looking forward to the start of the season.  I’m a bit curious to see how Alcaraz will perform, after firing JCF.  

United Cup starts tomorrow night….looking forward to watching Mboko and Felix.  I think Coco and Fritz are representing the USA again. 

The big boys, meaning Carlos and Jannik are only taking part in one exo, before the AO, and I’m not sure that it is even in Australia…lol.

[Miss_Vee]

Tsitsipas was considering retiring from tennis last year apparently, because he was suffering with a really bad back problem.  That’s why his form was so bad.  At times it seemed that he uninterested in playing, but that was because he couldn’t play at full strength.  Right now, he is hoping to play without pain.  Hopefully he recovers well enough to play at full strength.

[Sekasi_ChangeIsComing]

Happy new year everyone. All eyes will be on Alcaraz. There has never been a split like this JCF split.

I would like to see Novak retire and coach Alcaraz.

[sugarplum876]

Happy new year!

[Miss_Vee]

I see that Venus has been given a WC into AO.  She says that her husband wants to see her play tennis….lol.    Whatever works for you girl….

[Miss_Vee]

I am reading the Vogue article on Venus’ wedding on Dec19th in Miami…her second wedding, because she was wed in September to Andrea Preti in Italy.  However due to some technical difficulties, i.e, the marriage wasn’t valid, because it takes 8 months for the it to be legal….whatever.  Venus looks like a goddess in these pics.  Her wedding pictures look so classy and regal!  I just hope they remain happy and the marriage is successful.

[Miss_Vee]

Stan Wawinka remain a a beast at 41 years old….or is he 40 years old?  Whatever the case, he just stood tall against a player who is at least about 10 years younger in Rinderknech, and beat him in 3 outstanding tough sets at United Cup.  He and Bencic have teamed up for Switzerland to lead 2-0 over France.

[sugarplum876]

Those testosterone pills he is taking work 😀

[Miss_Vee]

Sugar….way to start the New Year with that comment…😂

[Miss_Vee]

Honestly, I’m here because I want to see Canada in action in United Cup, mainly because of Felix and Mboko pairing.  Saw some of Gauff’s singles match this morning vs her opponent from Argentine?!?

Still committing DF, but I didn’t watch the entire match.

[Miss_Vee]

I was right to be excited re FAA and Mboko pairing at United Cup.  After Mboko lost the first set, making ton of errors….clearly nervous, she settled down and won the first match going away…lol…2 and 0.  Felix had a straight sets win over Zhizhen Zheng?  Whatever!  They then played mixed doubles to sweep the tie.

[Miss_Vee]

Germany also swept their tie.  Switzerland is into the QF with Bencic leading the charge by defeating Paolini.  Stan lost to Cobolli in singles, but Bencic paired with Paul to beat the Italian doubles team of Vavassori and Errani to win their tie.

[Miss_Vee]

Gauff is in trouble against Bouzas Maneiro of Spain in this first match, who took the first set 6-1 and leads in the second set 3-1.

Mensik (Czech) leads Ruud (Norway), by a set.  Krejikova won the first match, with her left thigh bandaged. 🙄.  That girl needs to retire from tennis, because it’s not getting any easier.

[Miss_Vee]

My goodness…where did Felix go in that match.  With all of his experience, he couldn’t turn that match around.  I’m so disheartened by that result.  He lost in str8s!  

Hopefully Mboko can beat Mertens in this upcoming match, and the mixed doubles team can beat the Belgian team.  Otherwise Belgium goes through to the qrtr final.

[Miss_Vee]

Hubie Hurkacz is looking really good….awesome.  He destroyed Zverev in Poland’s first match 2 nights ago, and tonight he also swept aside Griekspoor when they faced Netherlands…lol.

Tsitsipas took down Fritz in str8s also…lol.  Gauff beat Sakkhari, and now USA is hoping for a win in mixed dkoubles to reach the quarterfinals.  Canada is out!!

[fedexpress06]

so inconsistent the atp is outside the top 2.  Demon destroyed Mensik who beat Ruud who destroyed Demon.  It's so hard to get invested outside of Carlos-Jannik for now.  

[Miss_Vee]

Fritz has been beaten in all singles play at the UC this year….ot maybe he had one win.  Coco has evened up singles play, and then combined with Harrison in mixed doubles to get then through until the SF.  However the U.S went down to defeat in the SF against Poland, sending that country through to the final.  Coco has beaten Iga now for the 4th straight meeting, so she is the H2H is becoming more respectable.  So it’s Poland against Switzerland in the UC final.  Stan has won 2 singles matches at age 41.  Belinda is the heroine for the Swiss team….just like Coco has been for the U.S team.

[Miss_Vee]

So Bencic beat Iga for the first time tonight in Australia at the United Cup in 3 sets.  She lost the first 3-6, then she issued her bagel in the second set, and won the 3rd 6-3.  Iga was pissed at herself.  Bencic is beast when playing for her country.  She leaves the tournament unbeaten in 9 matches, because she played singles and mixed doubles. What a start to 2026.

It up to Hubie Hurkacz now to take on Stan the man, and Hubie should win.  I wouldn’t count Stan out on this one however.  

[Miss_Vee]

Stan took the second set, so we are going 3 at the United Cup.  Can Stan win this match?  Hope so.  This is his last year on tour, so I’m hoping that he can go out with a tournament win.  Stan’s beautiful backhand, and his powerful tennis will be sorely missed.  The end of another chapter in tennis.