United Cup 2025 schedule today: TV schedule, start time, order of play, live streaming details and more - Day 1

Elena Rybakina will spearhead action on Day 1 of the United Cup, which marks the beginning of the new tennis season on Friday. Her side is taking on Spain in their opener.

While the Rybakina-led Kazakhstan will take to the courts at RAC Arena in Perth during the morning session, China and Brazil will be in action in the evening. Zhang Zhizhen and Beatriz Haddad Maia are leading the two squads, respectively.

There's a lot to unpack on Day 1 of the 2025 United Cup and the match schedule is a good place to start:

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Schedule for Day 1 of United Cup 2025

Zhang Zhizhen will lead the Chinese side at the 2025 United Cup. (Source: Getty)

RAC Arena, Perth

Morning session: (9) Kazakhstan vs (14) Spain

Starting 10 am local time: Alexander Shevchenko vs Pablo Carreno Busta

Followed by: Elena Rybakina vs Jessica Bouzas Maneiro

Followed by: Alexander Shevchenko / Elena Rybakina vs Yvonne Cavalle-Reimers / Sergio Martos Gornes

Morning session: (5) China vs (13) Brazil

Starting 10 am local time: Gao Xinyu vs Beatriz Haddad Maia

Followed by: Zhang Zhizhen vs Thiago Monteiro

Followed by: Zhang Zhizhen / S Zhang vs Beatriz Haddad Maia / Rafael Matos

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United Cup 2025: Where to watch?

Viewers can keep up with the action at the United Cup 2025 on the following channels and sites:

Canada - TSN, RDS

US - Tennis Channel

Caribbean - Rush

Brazil - N Sports

Latin America - TyC Sports

Bulgaria - A1

Czechia and Slovakia - Czech TV and Slovak TV

Hungary - Network 4

Italy - SuperTennis

Germany, Austria, Spain, Switzerland, and UK - Tennis Channel

Nordics and Netherlands - Viaplay (NENT)

Poland - Polsat

Portugal - Sport TV

UK - Sky Sports

Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, South Tyrol and Luxembourg - Sky Deutschland

Spain - TVE

Serbia, Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro and Slovenia - Sportklub

Turkey - TRT

Greece - ERT

Israel - Sport5

Middle East and North Africa - beIN Sports

Kazakhstan - Sport+

Central Asia - Setanta

Brunei, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor Leste - beIN Sports

India - Tennis Channel

Japan - Unext

China - YouKu, GDTV, CCTV

Africa - Supersport

Australia - Nine

New Zealand - Sky NZ

For more information regarding the broadcast of matches, click here.

United Cup 2025 - Match Timings

The RAC Arena in Perth will host the opening day action. Source: Getty

The day session will begin at 10 am local time in Perth, while the evening session will kick off not before 5 pm. For fans in the USA, Canada, UK and India, here are the broadcast timings for Day 1 of the tournament:

Country	Day session (Perth)		Evening session (Perth)
USA	December 26, 2024; 9 pm ET		December 27, 2024; 4 am ET
Canada	December 26, 2024; 9 pm ET		December 27, 2024; 4 am ET
UK	December 27, 2024: 2 am GMT		December 27, 2024; 9 am GMT
India	December 27, 2024; 7.30 am IST		December 27, 2024; 2.30 pm IST