VIDEO SHOWS: VARIOUS OF POLAND TEAM'S TROPHY SHOOT AND INTERVIEW COMMENTS FROM IGA SWIATEK AND HUBERT HURKACZ SHOWS: SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA (JANUARY 12, 2026) (TENNIS AUSTRALIA/PITCH – Editorial use only. No resales. No monetisation) 1. POLAND TEAM WALKING OUT WITH THE TROPHY 2. VARIOUS OF JAN ZIELINSKI CARRYING THE TROPHY IN HIS HANDS WHILE OTHERS WALKING BEHIND HIM FOR THE TROPHY SHOOT 3. VARIOUS OF POLAND TEAM POSING WITH THE TROPHY 4. (SOUNDBITE) (English) IGA SWIATEK ON POLAND WINNING THE UNITED CUP: "No, it's amazing. You know, I feel like It's been a long time coming, playing such a tight final with Germany and last year with the U.S. So, I feel like we really deserve it. We had really great performances and also a great spirit on the bench. So, super proud to hold the trophy and finally it's ours." 5. (SOUNDBITE) (English) HUBERT HURKACZ ON POLAND WINNING THE UNITED CUP: "Yeah, just same, just so excited for Team Poland. And also, we had a really amazing atmosphere throughout all of our matches and the support from the team bench and also from the crowd was amazing." 6. VARIOUS OF SWIATEK AND HURKACZ POSING WITH THE TROPHY 7. HURKACZ AND MATEUSZ TERCZYNSKI POSING WITH THE TROPHY 8. HURKACZ POSING WITH THE TROPHY STORY: Poland battled past Switzerland 2-1 in the United Cup final on Sunday (January 11) to banish the pain of title-round defeats in the previous two editions and secure a long-awaited maiden triumph in the season-opening mixed-team competition. Hubert Hurkacz continued his resurgence in his first event back after a near seven-month injury layoff by beating veteran Stan Wawrinka 6-3 3-6 6-3 to level the tie at 1-1 after Iga Swiatek lost 3-6 6-0 6-3 to an inspired Belinda Bencic. The mixed doubles duo of Katarzyna Kawa and Jan Zielinski then downed Bencic and Jakub Paul 6-4 6-3 in the deciding match to trigger jubilant scenes in Sydney, where Poland finally converted their dominance into silverware. Victory capped a superb campaign for Poland, who beat last year's champions the United States in the semi-finals, and set up Hurkacz to carry momentum into his singles campaign at the Australian Open that begins on January 18. Six-times Grand Slam champion Swiatek heads into the year's opening major at Melbourne Park with back-to-back defeats after losing to Bencic on Sunday and Coco Gauff in the semi-finals, though she will remain among the top contenders. (Production: Suramya Kaushik)
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