{"id":386,"date":"2024-01-05T09:31:25","date_gmt":"2024-01-05T09:31:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.24hscore.com\/?p=386"},"modified":"2024-01-05T09:32:45","modified_gmt":"2024-01-05T09:32:45","slug":"france-in-the-united-cup-semi-final-showdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/tennis\/france-in-the-united-cup-semi-final-showdown\/","title":{"rendered":"France advances to the United Cup semi-finals, overcoming Norway"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/24hscore.org\/tennis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">tennis livescore<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Caroline Garcia (30) secures France&#8217;s spot in the United Cup semi-finals by defeating Malene Helgo (24) in singles and teaming up with Edouard Roger-Vasselin (40) for a victory in the doubles decider, resulting in a 2-1 triumph over Norway in Sydney on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the mixed doubles decider, Garcia and Roger-Vasselin outplayed Ulrikke Eikeri (31) and Casper Ruud (25) with a 7-5, 6-4 win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The closely contested first set saw France breaking serve to claim a 6-5 lead before securing the opener. In the second set, they made the only break for a 2-1 advantage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reflecting on the upcoming schedule, playing captain Roger-Vasselin humorously remarked, &#8220;Tomorrow is going to be a day off. We are not that young anymore, especially me. Tomorrow will just be a day off, try to rest, enjoy Sydney maybe, and then come back strong for Saturday&#8217;s semi-final.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">World number 20 Garcia faced a second-set challenge but ultimately gave France the lead with a 6-2, 6-7, 7-6 victory over Helgo. Despite cruising through the first set, Garcia encountered resistance from Helgo, ranked 544 in the world, who rallied in the second set&#8217;s tiebreaker, making it a challenging contest for the French player.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\">VIVE LA FRANCE! ?? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UnitedCup?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#UnitedCup<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CaroGarcia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@CaroGarcia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ERogerVasselin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@ERogerVasselin<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/J8jbiDGTKt\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/J8jbiDGTKt<\/a><\/p>&mdash; United Cup (@UnitedCupTennis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UnitedCupTennis\/status\/1742898209025102083?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 4, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stay Updated: <a href=\"https:\/\/24hscore.org\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">tennis result<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;It was a crazy match. Malene was a player I didn&#8217;t know, but she just hit the ball so well,&#8221; Garcia said. &#8220;I went through all the emotions out there and had to find a way through. Today it was almost too much, but in the end, I got the point.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ruud, coming off two consecutive singles victories, revived Norway in the tie with a 6-1, 6-4 win over Adrian Mannarino (35).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">World number 22 Mannarino found no answer to Ruud&#8217;s clinical game, narrowly avoiding a &#8216;bagel&#8217; by holding his last service game of the first set before showing improvement in the second.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Norway is set to face top-seeded Poland in Saturday&#8217;s semi-final in Sydney. The match between Greece and Germany on Friday will determine the opponent for Australia in the other semi-final.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>tennis livescore Caroline Garcia (30) secures France&#8217;s spot in the United Cup semi-finals by defeating Malene Helgo (24) in singles and teaming up with Edouard Roger-Vasselin (40) for a victory in the doubles decider, resulting in a 2-1 triumph over Norway in Sydney on Thursday. 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