Iga Swiatek survived a two-hour and 57-minute thriller against Katie Boulter after completing a 6-7 (3) 6-1 6-4 win at the United Cup to help Poland seal a semifinal ticket at the event. Although the 24th-ranked Briton entered as the underdog,

Iga Swiatek came from a break down in the final set to best Katie Boulter in a three-hour epic to deliver Poland to the semifinals at the United Cup in Sydney.

The British number one had a break point at 4-4 in the deciding set against Poland’s five-time grand slam winner.

United Cup is towards its last legs and we have four brilliant teams making it to the semifinals. This article features the first semifinal between Kazakhstan and Poland.

In Sydney, Italy earlier won Group D to qualify for the quarterfinals. Winners of the past two Davis Cups and runners-up two years ago to the U.S. in the inaugural edition of the season-opening mixed teams’ event, Italy won its group without world No.1 Jannik Sinner.

Poland returned to the semi-finals of the United Cup mixed team tournament for a third successive year after hard-fought singles victories in Sydney handed them an unassailable 2-0 lead over Britain on Thursday.

Poland secured its place in the semifinals of the United Cup with a victory over Great Britain on Thursday in Australia. Hubert Hurkacz got Poland, the second seed, off to a lead in the mixed-team event with a 7-6 (3),

Iga Swiatek has overcome an evident injury problem to help Poland power past Great Britain and make the semi-finals of the United Cup.