Alex de Minaur and top Australian women’s seed Maya Joint are in action on Friday night in the United Cup quarter-finals.
The Australians face Team Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz and Iga Swiatek for a spot in the semis against the United States.
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Australian up-and-comer Joint, the world no.32, faces superstar two-seed Swiatek first up at 5:30pm AEDT at Sydney’s Ken Rosewall Arena.
Then, not before 7:00pm, de Minaur is up against former world No.6 Hurkacz, who’s in red-hot form after spending six months sidelined with injury.
Hurkacz, currently ranked 83rd, beat world No.3 Alexander Zverev a few days ago, if that’s any indication as to the prolific nick he’s in.
Then, if required, it’ll be Storm Hunter and John-Patrick Smith in the mixed doubles for the Aussies against Swiatek and Hurkacz for a spot in the semi-finals against the Americans.
Young sensation Joint will be looking to make amends for her disappointing 6-4 6-1 loss at the hands of two-time grand slam champ Barbora Krejcikova on Tuesday.
The 19-year-old missed Australia’s 2-1 victory over Norway due to illness.
World no.6 De Minaur, meanwhile, who’s hoping to again put his stamp on the world stage in the Australian Open later this month, rebounded from a season-opening loss to Casper Ruud to beat young Czechia sensation Jakub Menšík.
“Obviously I didn’t start the year the way I wanted to, but I tried to not take that match too much into account,” de Minaur said after his efforts helped Australia progress to the quarter-finals.
“I thought Casper played really well, but something that I’ve done really well in my career is bouncing back, so I’m very happy with the way I bounced back (against Menšík).”
The $17 million United Cup tournament is worth a maximum of 500 ranking points.