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Post by Helene on Jan 3, 2019 10:04:55 GMT -8
Roger Federer’s Switzerland is into the Mastercard Hopman Cup final for a second straight year after the 20-time Grand Slam champion beat exciting young Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas at RAC Arena.
Federer overcame a scare in the first set tiebreak to win 7-6(5) 7-6(4) in 93 minutes.
The win game Switzerland a 1-0 lead in the tie – enough to book them a spot in Saturday’s final given they already beat Great Britain (3-0) and the US (2-1) earlier in the tournament.
Greece, who needed to beat Switzerland 3-0 to reach the final, made it a memorable tie regardless after Maria Sakkari was a straight-sets winner over Belinda Bencic.
She then combined with Tsitsipas to upset Federer and Bencic in the entertaining mixed doubles, providing Greece with an overall 2-1 win in the tie against Switzerland.
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Post by Helene on Jan 4, 2019 10:48:52 GMT -8
Germany will meet Switzerland in a rematch of the Mastercard Hopman Cup 2019 final, after Angelique Kerber and Alexander Zverev claimed straight-sets wins over Ash Barty and Matt Ebden.
It ensured a final round-robin win over Australia – the German’s third in Perth this week.
The stakes couldn’t have been higher for the Group A tie, with the winner securing a spot in the final against Switzerland and the loser sent packing.
But the Germans gained an early lead when world No.2 was a 6-4 6-4 winner over Barty.
And Germany’s spot in the final was secured when Alexander Zverev beat Ebden 6-4 6-3 in 76 minutes.
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Post by Helene on Jan 5, 2019 20:14:23 GMT -8
FINAL
Switzerland def Germany -- 2-1
Roger Federer def Alexander Zverev -- 64 62
Angelique Kerber def Belinda Bencic -- 64 76(6)
Federer/Bencic def Zverev/Kerber -- 60 16 46(4)
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