Inaugural champions the United States and Italy handed out identical 3-0 thrashings to Croatia and France respectively, to top their groups and sail into the quarter-finals of the United Cup on Tuesday.

In Sydney, Italy also moved into the quarterfinals Tuesday with a 3-0 win over France at Ken Rosewall Arena. Flavio Cobolli claimed a 6-3, 6-7 (8), 6-2 upset singles win over France’s Ugo Humbert. Jasmine Paolini beat Chloe Paquet 6-0, 6-2 to give Italy its winning margin before also winning the mixed doubles.

The top-seeded pair of Coco Gauff and US Open finalist Taylor Fritz of the United States are into the United Cup mixed teams tennis quarterfinals.

The 2025 United Cup tournament runs from December 29 to January 5 in Australia. In the U.S., you can watch the tennis matches on TV through Tennis Channel. Don’t have cable? Watch United Cup tennis online through DirecTV Stream, a live TV streamer that carries a live feed of Tennis Channel as part of its offerings.

Coco Gauff has gotten her revenge on Donna Vekic after routing the Croatian tennis star 6-4 6-2 and later admitted that she was extra motivated to win their United Cup match. Half a year ago, the American suffered one of her most heartbreaking losses when she was beaten by the world No. 18 in the Paris Olympics round-of-16.

Team USA will guarantee its place in the quarterfinal of the United Cup by beating Croatia on Day 5. The Americans have arguably the strongest team on paper, with WTA Finals champion Coco Gauff and US Open runner-up Taylor Fritz in its ranks.