US, Italy take early leads in city finals at United Cup

SYDNEY (AP) — Madison Keys has given the United States the early lead in its Sydney City Final over Britain at the United Cup. Keys beat Katie Swan 2-6. 6-3, 6-4 in a 2 hour, 18-minute match at Ken Rosewall Arena. Taylor Fritz looked to give the Americans a 2-0 lead in the five-match city final when he played Britain’s Cameron Norrie in the following match. At Brisbane, world No. 1 Iga Swiatek of Poland will attempt to level her country’s United Cup match with Italy after Lorenzo Musetti gave Italy the early lead. The Italian world No. 23 beat Poland’s Daniel Michalski 6-1, 6-1 in in the Brisbane City Final of the new mixed teams event. In the third city final at Perth, Stefanos Tsitsipas led Greece against Croatia.