'Raucous' crowd tipped for 'sensational' cup final

After battling their mode done 10 days of fierce competition, Team USA and Team Italy volition clash successful the last necktie of the United Cup successful Sydney this afternoon.

Previewing the deciding match-up connected Nine's Weekend Today, tourney manager Stephen Farrow said the Americans would beryllium coming successful blistery disconnected the backmost of a ascendant run, but that was nary crushed to uncertainty Italy.

"The USA has been truthful beardown passim the competition. They've got a magnificent lineup of (Jessica) Pegula, (Taylor) Fritz, (Francis) Tiafoe and Madison Keys - 4 of the precise champion players successful the world.

"But Team Italy has been beardown arsenic well. They had a sensational semi-final past nighttime against Greece, which they won through. The assemblage was unbelievable. So, we're really, truly excited astir this one.

Ranked 5th earlier taking the scalps of Brazil, Norway, Poland and top-seeded federation Greece, Farrow said the homelike enactment shown to Italy had had a melodramatic effect.

"That large enactment makes each the difference," helium said.

"We saw Martina Trevisan decision Maria Sakkari the different time successful the Greece-Italy semi-final, successful a lucifer that took implicit 3 hours and was perfectly sensational.

"Then past night, Matteo Berrettini was cheered connected by a raucous crowd. He did suffer to Stefanos Tsitsipas but past Lucia Bronzetti won the Italian squad done to the last truthful it whitethorn consciousness similar a spot of a location fixture for the Italians and it's definite to make a magnificent atmosphere."