Canada's Leylah Fernandez plays a backhand return to Greece's Maria Sakkari during a United Cup match in Sydney, Australia, on Jan. 3.Mark Baker/The Associated Press
Maria Sakkari and Stefanos Tsitsipas helped Greece eliminate Canada from the United Cup with a 3-0 victory in group play on Wednesday.
Sakkari saved four set points in the first set and came back from down 3-1 in the second to defeat Leylah Fernandez, of Laval, Que., 7-6 (2), 6-3, and secure a 2-0 lead for Greece, which advanced to the quarter-finals.
In the first match, No. 6-ranked Tsitsipas comfortably beat Toronto’s Steven Diez 6-2, 6-3.
Tsitsipas and Despina Papamichail teamed up to top Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime and Vancouver’s Stacey Fung 7-5, 6-4 in mixed doubles.
Canada opened the tournament with a 2-1 win over Chile on Sunday and would have advanced to the quarters as Group B winners with a victory versus Greece.
The Canadians (2-4) instead finished last in the group, behind Chile (3-3) and Greece (4-2).
The 18-country, mixed-team event in Sydney and Perth doubles as a warm-up for the Australian Open.