SYDNEY—Frances Tiafoe beat Britain’s Daniel Evans 3–6, 7–5, 6–3 on Wednesday to move the United States into the United Cup mixed teams tournament semifinals.
Tiafoe’s victory gave the Americans a 3–1 winning lead in the best-of-five Sydney City Final. The teams were scheduled to play a later mixed doubles match.
It means the U.S. will be among four teams in the semifinal portion of the tournament that begins Friday at Sydney’s Ken Rosewall Arena.
Earlier, world No. 3 Jessica Pegula gave the United States a 2–1 lead by beating Britain’s Harriet Dart 6–2, 6–0 in 57 minutes.
In the afternoon session, Madison Keys moved the U.S. ahead after rallying from a set down to defeat Katie Swan 2–6, 6–3, 6–4. But world No. 14 Cameron Norrie came back to post a 6–4, 5–7, 6–4 win against No. 9 Taylor Fritz to level the match….