Croatia, Argentina complete 2025 United Cup field

p style="text-align: justify;"spanCroatia and Argentina have qualified for the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/perth-sydney/9900/2024/results'United Cup/a in 2025 and round out the top 18 countries set to compete across Perth and Sydney from 27 December to 5 January./span/p

p style="text-align: justify;"spanCroatia will be led by Paris Olympic Games singles silver medallist and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a semifinalist Donna Vekic and former world No.12 a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/borna-coric/cg80/overview'Borna Coric/a for the third consecutive year./span/p

p style="text-align: justify;"spanSeven-time Grand Slam doubles champion a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/ivan-dodig/d646/overview'Ivan Dodig/a will also star as part of the Croatian side. /span/p

p style="text-align: justify;"spanldquo;Itrsquo;s honestly my favourite tournament of the year,rdquo; Vekic said. /span/p

p style="text-align: justify;"spanldquo;We have great energy in the team.nbsp; Borna has been my friend for more than 20 years. It feels like a little family. We are not a team, we are a family. /span/p

p style="text-align: justify;"spanldquo;To be pushing each other and supporting each other especially at the beginning of the year, itrsquo;s special.rdquo;/span/p

p style="text-align: justify;"spanTeam Croatia fall into Group A in Perth to set up some thrilling matches against top seeds Team USA and Canada during the group stage. /span/p

p style="text-align: justify;"spanThey play Team Canada in their opening tie from 10.00am Saturday 28 December at RAC Arena. /span/p

p style="text-align: justify;"spanTwenty-eight-year-old Vekic will face Leylah Fernandez and Coco Gauff in her singles matches./span/p

p style="text-align: justify;"spanldquo;Itrsquo;s going to be two really tough matches to start the year. But thatrsquo;s what we want, I think itrsquo;s great preparation for the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/australian-open/580/overview'Australian Open/a. I think Irsquo;ll have to train extra harder in the off season, which is great motivation as well.rdquo;/span/p

p style="text-align: justify;"spanArgentina, led by world No.40 a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/tomas-martin-etcheverry/ea24/overview'Tomas Martin Etcheverry/a and Nadia Podoroska, complete Group F./span/p

p style="text-align: justify;"spanThis is Argentinarsquo;s second appearance at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/perth-sydney/9900/2024/results'United Cup/a. Podoroska ndash; a a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/roland-garros/520/overview'Roland Garros/a semifinalist in 2020 ndash; and Etcheverry return to represent their country after doing so at the inaugural event in 2023./span/p

p style="text-align: justify;"spanThey face host country Australia on the opening night of play in Sydney from 5.30pm on Saturday 28 December at a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/ken-rosewall/r075/overview'Ken Rosewall/a Arena followed by Great Britain two days later./span/p

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