Poland’s Iga Sviatek (1 WTA) and Spain’s Rafael Nadal (2 ATP) will start the 2023 season at the end of December at the United Forces Cup in Australia, the organizers of this new tennis competition for mixed teams have announced, reports AFP. .

The US$15 million United Cup will be played in Brisbane, Perth and Sydney, bringing together 18 mixed teams from as many countries, each consisting of four women and four men, over eleven days starting on 29 December , writes Agerpres.

Other players who have announced their participation in this tournament, which will replace the ATP Cup, include Australian Nick Kyrgios, a finalist at the last Wimbledon, or Caroline Garcia of France, who recently won the Champions Tour.

The Norwegian team will be led by the world’s fourth-ranked player, Roland Garros finalist Casper Ruud, and German Oleksandr Zverev, who was seriously injured in June, intends to return to the competition from the Antipodes.

Know:

• Brisbane, Perth and Sydney will host two groups of three teams from December 29 to January 4.

• Each match will include two men’s singles matches, two women’s singles matches and one mixed doubles match. The winners of the groups advance to the final stage.

• These competitions are part of the preparations for the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam tournament of the year (January 16-29).

United Cup – Composition of groups

Group A / Perth

• Greece: Stefanos Tsitsipas, Michael Pervolarakis, Stefanos Sakellaridis, Petros Tsitsipas (ATP) / Maria Sakkari, Despina Papamichael, Valentini Grammatikopoulou, Sappho Sakkelaridis (WTA)

• Belgium: David Goffen, Zizu Bergs, Kimmer Coppejans, Michael Geerts / Elise Mertens, Alison Van Uytvank, Magali Kempen, Kirsten Flipkens

• The team will be confirmed

Group B / Brisbane

• Poland: Hubert Gurkach, Kamil Maiczak, Daniel Michalskyi, Lukasz Kubot / Iga Svyatek, Magda Lynette, Veronika Falkovska, Alicia Rosolska

• Switzerland: Stan Wawrinka, Marc-Andrea Huessler, Dominic Stricker, Alexander Richard / Belinda Bencic, Jill Teichmann, Ilena In-Albon, Joan Zuger

• The team will be confirmed

Group C / Sydney

• US: Taylor Fritz, Frances Tiafoe, Denise Kudla, Hunter Reese / Jessica Pegula, Madison Keys, Alicia Parks, Desiree Krawczyk

• Germany: Oleksandr Zverev, Oscar Otte, Daniel Altmaier, Fabian Fallert/Laura Siegemund, Jule Niemeyer, Anna-Lena Friedsam, Julia Lohoff

• Czech Republic: Jirzhi Legechka, Tomas Machak, Lukas Rosol, Dalibor Svrcina / Petra Kvitova, Marie Buzkova, Yesika Malechkova.

Group D / Sydney

• Spain: Rafael Nadal, Pablo Carreño Busta, Albert Ramos-Viñolas, David Vega Hernandez / Paula Badosa, Nuria Parrizas Diaz, Jessica Buzas Maneiro

• Australia: Nick Kyrgios, Alex de Minaur, Jason Kabler, John Pearce / Ayla Tomljanovic, Zoe Hives, Maddison Inglis, Samantha Stosur

• Great Britain: Cameron Norrie, Daniel Evans, Ian Choinski, Jonny O’Mara / Harriet Dart, Cathy Swan, Anna Brogan, Ella McDonald

Group E / Brisbane

• Italy: Matteo Berrettini, Lorenzo Musetti, Andrea Vavassori, Marco Bortolotti / Martina Trevisan, Lucia Bronzetti, Camila Rosatello, Nuria Brancaccio

• Brazil: Thiago Monteiro, Felipe Meligeni Alves, Mateus Puccinelli de Almeida, Rafael Matos / Beatrice Haddad Maia, Laura Pigossi, Carolina Alves, Luisa Stefani

• Norway: Kasper Ruud, Viktor Durasovych, Andreja Petrovych / Ulrikke Eikeri, Malene Helgo, Lilly Haset.

Group F / Perth

• France: Arthur Rinderknech, Adrian Mannarino, Manuel Guinard, Edouard Roger-Vasselin / Caroline Garcia, Alize Cornet, Leolia Jeanjean, Jessica Ponchet

• Croatia: Borna Chorych, Borna Godjo, Matia Pekotych / Petra Martych, Donna Vekich, Tara Wurt, Petra Marchynko

• Argentinian: Diego Schwartzman, Francisco Cerundolo, Federico Coria, Andres Molteni / Nadia Podoroska, Maria Carle, Paula Ormaechea.