Defending champion Germany took a dominant first step in its United Cup protection, sweeping Brazil on Sunday in Perth, Australia.
The Brazilians, seeded thirteenth and winless in Group E play, have been eradicated from the mixed-team occasion.
World No. 2 Alexander Zverev wanted simply 77 minutes to defeat Thiago Monteiro 6-4, 6-4. His teammate on the Eleventh-seeded German staff, Laura Siegemund, wanted twice that point to high Beatriz Haddad Maia 6-3, 1-6, 6-4.
The win arrange a showdown for Germany with China, which is also 1-0 in Group E.
Italy, the fourth seed, despatched Switzerland to 1-1 in Group D play with a sweep in Sydney. Flavio Cobolli and Jasmine Paolini every posted straight-set victories over the Sixteenth-seeded Swiss staff, with Cobolli topping Dominic Stricker 6-3, 7-6 (2) and Paolini beating Belinda Bencic 6-1, 6-1.
A win in opposition to France on Tuesday would advance Italy out of group play.
And likewise in Sydney, Group B motion kicked off with the Czech Republic defeating Norway 2-1. Karolina Muchova began with a 6-2, 6-2 victory for the eighth-seeded Czechs in opposition to Malene Helgo, then Norway’s Casper Ruud topped Tomas Machac 7-6 (3), 5-7, 6-4 in a match that lasted simply shy of three hours.
Muchova and Machac teamed to defeat the Fifteenth-seeded Norwegians within the mixed-doubles occasion, besting Ulrikke Eikeri and Viktor Durasovic 6-4, 6-4 to offer the Czechs the match win.
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