Angelique Kerber beats Venus Williams at Sydney International
January 10, 2018 9:15 ISTKerber, who dropped to No.22 following a poor 2017 season, needed to save two match points before beating Lucie Safarova in three sets on Monday.
Kerber, who dropped to No.22 following a poor 2017 season, needed to save two match points before beating Lucie Safarova in three sets on Monday.
Many of Paes' contemporaries have become coaches, while, many of his juniors have already hung racquets but this Indian legend's hunger for tennis is far from satiated.
The former No. 1-ranked Murray, a three-time major winner, has not played a competitive match since a quarterfinal exit at Wimbledon last July.
Nadal's readiness for the first Grand Slam of the year had been in doubt after the top-ranked Spaniard pulled out of an exhibition tournament in Abu Dhabi and from Brisbane International to start the 2018 season.
US Open champion Sloane Stephens lost her first match of the year, beaten 6-3, 6-0 by Italian qualifier Camila Giorgi and is short of match practice ahead of the Australian Open which starts in Melbourne next week.
Azarenka hasn't competed anywhere since Wimbledon, where she lost to Simona Halep in the fourth round on July 10.
It was a fourth title for the enigmatic 22-year-old Australian, and his first since 2016.
Switzerland last won the Hopman Cup in 2001 when Federer teamed with Martina Hingis.
In a sensational turnaround, the unseeded Frenchman toppled the world number six from Croatia 1-6 6-3 6-2 in a gripping semifinal.
Bopanna and left-handed Jeevan were up against Gilles Simon and two-time Grand Slam champion Pierre-Hugues Herbert where they lost 3-6, 5-7 in one hour and 10 minutes.
Serena's withdrawal comes less than 24 hours after fellow former world No.1 Andy Murray withdrew from the men's event with a chronic hip injury.
Top seed Cilic from Croatia outplayed eighth seed Frenchman Pierre-Hugues Herbert 6-3 6-2 in 64 minutes while Anderson survived a mighty scare from a dogged Mikhail Kukushkin before edging him 6-7(3) 6-4 6-2.
Pliskova opened last season with a victory in Brisbane and rose to the No. 1 ranking in July before finishing 2017 at the number four spot.
Federer was just 19 when he won the Hopman Cup in 2001 with then top-ranked Martina Hingis.
Muguruza retired from her Brisbane International opener with leg cramps while leading in the third set.
The five-time major winner dictated play against Zarina Diyas, hitting 24 winners and five aces to clinch victory in just under 90 minutes on Thursday.
The five-time finalist withdrew from the Australian Open on Thursday, two days after pulling out of a tuneup event in Brisbane before his first match.
Nishikori has been sidelined since August because of his wrist. That kept him out of the U.S. Open, snapping a streak of appearing in 21 consecutive major tournaments.
Cilic, who was part of the UAE Royals team in the 2015 edition, did not elaborate much but acknowledged that the money indeed was an issue.
De Minaur pressured Raonic with his relentless service returns, made just one unforced error and only dropped serve once — when serving for the match at 5-2 — en route to the biggest win of his career.
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