Iga Swiatek says it is absolutely not true that her intention was to throw Katie Boulter off her game when she called a medical timeout early in the third set of their United Cup thriller.

Iga Swiatek and Katie Boulter had a couple of animated discussions during and after their three-hour epic at the United Cup, but the Pole wasn't giving anything away.

The British number one had a break point at 4-4 in the deciding set against Poland’s five-time grand slam winner.

Poland secured the win in the 2025 United Cup earlier on Thursday afternoon as they saw off Great Britain. One tie stood out in particular and it was more the loser than the winner that emerged full of credit being Katie Boulter as she lost narrowly 6-7,

Iga Swiatek survived a two-hour and 57-minute thriller against Katie Boulter after completing a 6-7 (3) 6-1 6-4 win at the United Cup to help Poland seal a semifinal ticket at the event. Although the 24th-ranked Briton entered as the underdog,

Great Britain will face Poland in the quarter-finals of the United Cup on Thursday despite losing their final group match 2-1 to hosts Australia. After their win over Argentina in the team competition on Monday, Britain knew one straight-sets success from three rubbers in Sydney would be enough to see them top the group.

Katie Boulter delivered Great Britain into the the United Cup quarterfinals after defeating Olivia Gadecki in straight-sets in the final Group F tie in Sydney.

British No 1 Katie Boulter came agonisingly close to a career-defining victory before falling to world No 2 Iga Swiatek in an epic United Cup quarter-final clash in Sydney. The British hopeful pushed the five-time Grand Slam champion to the limit in a thrilling contest that stretched just short of three hours.

Iga Swiatek continued her excellent start to the 2025 season as she defeated Katie Boulter in a thrilling contest to seal Poland’s progress to the United Cup semi-finals. The world No 2 prevailed 6-7(4),