Perth: Marion Bartoli and Richard Gasquet beat Li Na and Wu Di 6-1, 6-1 in mixed doubles on Saturday to give France a 2-1 victory over China in the opening match at the eight-country Hopman Cup. French Open champion Li had beaten Bartoli 2-6, 6-2, 6-4 in the first singles match at the Burswood Dome, and Gasquet tied it up topping Wu 6-1, 6-3. Bartoli broke Li's serve in the...
02:55 PM, Dec 31, 2011
Perth: Bethanie Mattek-Sands beat Britain's Laura Robson 6-4, 6-2 on Friday to secure the win the United States needed to reach Saturday's Hopman Cup final. The US team of Mattek-Sands and John Isner will meet Belgium, which advanced after Serbia had to withdraw from the tournament because of an injury to Ana Ivanovic. Mattek-Sands' power and consistency proved too much for the 16-year-old Robson, who received treatment for tightness in...
04:28 PM, Jan 07, 2011
Perth: Lleyton Hewitt produced his best performance of the Hopman Cup on Thursday, beating Andrey Golubev 6-3, 6-3 to help Australia beat Kazakhstan in the mixed team competition. Hewitt won his first singles match of the team tournament against Ruben Bemelmans of Belgium but lost the second to Novak Djokovic. On Thursday, Hewitt said he played aggressive when he needed to. "I played him at the French Open a couple...
05:59 PM, Jan 06, 2011
Perth: Novak Djokovic and Ana Ivanovic maintained the buoyant mood in Serbian tennis when they overpowered Australia 3-0 to move closer to a place in the final of the Hopman Cup mixed team event on Tuesday. Playing what he described as some of his best tennis "for a year and half" world number three Djokovic brushed aside Lleyton Hewitt 6-2 6-4 and Ivanovic eased to a 6-4 6-0 win over...
11:23 AM, Jan 05, 2011
Perth: Former world number one Justine Henin continued her comeback from a six-month injury absence as she inspired Belgium to victory over Kazakhstan at the Hopman Cup mixed team event on Tuesday. Henin saw off stand-in Sesil Karatantcheva 6-4, 6-3 to put Belgium ahead and then watched as Ruben Bemelmans upset the much higher-ranked Andrey Golubev 6-4, 6-4 to give them an unassailable lead going into the mixed doubles. The...
12:15 PM, Jan 04, 2011
Perth: No marathon tennis match this time. John Isner defeated Nicolas Mahut 6-3, 7-6 (5) on Monday at the Hopman Cup in the first re-match since their 11-hour epic at Wimbledon. Isner overcame Mahut in 90 minutes to give the US an insurmountable 2-0 lead over France. The match lasted 161 games less than their previous record-breaking encounter. The Wimbledon match, the longest in professional tennis history, stretched over three...
08:42 AM, Jan 04, 2011
Perth: A jet-lagged Andy Murray won his opening match of the year on Monday but it was not enough to prevent Britain from losing 2-1 to Italy in their opening match of the Hopman Cup mixed team event in Perth. The world number four, who only arrived on Saturday, levelled the match by beating Potito Starace 7-5 6-1 after French Open champion Francesca Schiavone had beaten Laura Robson 7-5 6-3....
05:10 PM, Jan 03, 2011
Perth: Novak Djokovic kick-started his 2011 campaign with a well-earned victory on Sunday as top seeds Serbia took an unbeatable 2-0 lead over Kazakhstan in their opening match at the Hopman Cup mixed team event. The world number three dropped the first set to the hard-hitting Andrey Golubev but slowly wore down the 23-year-old to clinch a 4-6 6-3 6-1 victory. Former world number one Ana Ivanovic had earlier put...
08:32 PM, Jan 02, 2011
Perth: Justine Henin made a successful return after six months out through injury at the Hopman Cup on Saturday but ended up a loser as Belgium were beaten 2-1 by hosts Australia in the opening match of the mixed team event. The former world number one, who suffered a partial ligament fracture to her right elbow at Wimbledon last year, made more unforced errors than usual but was still too...
10:43 PM, Jan 01, 2011
Lleyton Hewitt and Sam Stosur gave Australia victory over the United States. ...
02:55 PM, Jan 05, 2010
Andy Murray led Britain to a 2-1 victory over Kazakhstan in Hopman Cup. ...
09:38 AM, Jan 05, 2010
Robredo, Sanchez won their singles before playing in mixed doubles. ...
10:29 AM, Jan 04, 2010
The result gave Germany their second round-robin win in Group A. ...
12:11 PM, Jan 08, 2009
Marat Safin played with facial bruises and scratches from a recent fight. ...
12:26 PM, Jan 05, 2009
Alize Cornet and Gilles Simon gave France a 2-0 win over Taiwan. ...
11:55 PM, Jan 03, 2009
Colombo: Paceman Shoaib Akhtar will only play "if needed" in Pakistan's remaining World Cup matches, skipper Shahid Afridi said on Friday on the eve of a Group A match against defending champions Australia which will determine quarterfinal positions. The 35-year-old Akhtar has announced he'll retire from international cricket after the World Cup, a decision Afridi says will not adversely affect his squad. Pakistan is aiming to end Australia's 34-match unbeaten...
06:13 PM, Jan 03, 2008
Chennai: Skipper Andrew Strauss and spinner Graeme Swann missed a practice session on Tuesday due to stomach upsets only two days before England's crucial, must-win World Cup match against the West Indies. Strauss and Swann weren't able to practice in the morning but an England team spokesman told reporters that both players were expected to recover before Thursday's Group B match at Chennai. Following upset losses to Ireland and Bangladesh,...
02:29 AM, Jan 02, 2008
Sania lost in straight sets to Michaella Krajicek of the Netherlands 6-1, 6-4. ...
09:41 PM, Oct 16, 2007
Top seeds Russia won the Hopman Cup for the first time in Perth taking a 2-0 lead over Spain. ...
04:02 PM, Jan 06, 2007
India's dream run in its maiden Hopman Cup ended as Spain won both the deciding singles matches in their final Group B match. ...
07:27 PM, Jan 04, 2007
