In the Hopman Cup in Perth, Australia, Alexander Zverev and Angelique Kerber can collect match practice and self-confidence. Germany’s tennis dream team also won their third group victory against Australia. Now Switzerland is waiting for the final. Here you can find out everything important about the tournament at a glance.
The Hopman Cup is a national tournament in which eight national teams compete against each other. The focus is on the mixed game. Apart from the Davis Cup and the Fed Cup, the Hopman Cup is the most important tennis match between nations.
In 2017, Richard Gasquet and Kristina Mladenovic won the final against the USA. This year the Hopman Cup celebrates its 30th anniversary. Birthday.
Angelique Kerber was very pleased with her commanding victory over Canadian Eugenie Bouchard and said,”I felt very good from the first rally on,”said the Kieler after 6-1,6-3 against the former Wimbledon finalist in just 59 minutes:”I was very aggressive and simply pulled through my game. Playing against genius is never easy, but I made a good match.”
Alexander Zverev did not let Vasek Pospisil have a break-ball in the 6:4,6:2 against Vasek Pospisil and after the opening defeat against the Belgian runner-up David Goffin celebrated his first win of the season.”I felt much better on the pitch today,” said the world ranked fourth from Hamburg:”A first match against Goffin is of course not easy, but I am happy.
Even before the Mixed (4:3,4:3) Zverev (20) and Kerber (29) had secured their second victory in Perth. The DTB duo secured their place in the final group game against Australia thanks to victories of Kerber (6:1,6:2) and Mixed (1:4,4:1,4:3). The third German title at the Hopman Cup after Michael Stich/Steffi Graf 1993 and Boris Becker/Anke Huber 1995 would be a good motivation for the first Grand Slam tournament of the year.
Roger Federer rushes from victory to victory at the Hopman Cup in Group B and marches with the Swiss tennis team into the final.
The 19-times Grand Slam winner beat Karen Chachanov 6-3,7-6 (8-6) in the second group match at the unofficial Mixed World Cup, marking a 3-0 win against Russia. Belinda Bencic completed the early win with a 6-1,3-6,6-3 win over Anastasia Pavliuchenkova.
Federer beat Jack Sock 7-6 and 7-5 in his third group game against the USA. Belinda Bencic then beat CoCo Vandeweghe to clear Switzerland’s second win 7-6 and 6-4. In the mixed, the two Swiss men beat the Americans 4-3 and 4-2, thus making the 3-0 victory perfect and entering the final.