Aussie Summer of Tennis Update: 4 January

A quick review of the key details of the Hopman Cup, Brisbane International and other tennis news.

Headlines

Hopman Cup:

• Will Serbia end Australia’s dream? Read more
• Barty stuns Schiavone during the Australia v France tie last night. Read more

Brisbane International WTA

• Serena Williams through to final. Victoria Azarenka withdrew from tonight’s semi final.
• Tsurenko plays Pavlyuchenkova in the other semi final tonight.

Brisbane International ATP

• One Semi Final will be Baghdatis v Dimitrov 
• The other will be Nishikori v Murray
• Men’s Semi Finals will be played tomorrow.
• Aussie qualifier John Millman took defending champion Andy Murray to three sets in last night’s match. Read more.

ASB Classic:

• Radwanska will play Wickmayer in tomorrow’s final

Also read

• Recap of what’s been happening in Chennai, Qatar and Shenzhen tennis tournaments.

Photo courtesy of @hopmancup

Hopman Cup

Website

www.hopmancup.com

Round Robin Results

View the Leaderboard

Group A Wins

• Serbia 2
• Australia 2
• Italy 1
• Germany 0

Group B Wins

• Spain 3
• USA 2
• South Africa and France 0

Spain is in the final. The Group A finalist depends on what happens tonight.

Results from Friday 4 January

South Africa d France 2-1

10am: South Africa v France

Women: Scheepers d Johansson

Men: Tsonga d Anderson

Mixed Doubles: Tsonga withdrew injured

Serbia d Germany 3-0

Men: Djokovic d Haas

Women: Ivanovic d Malek

Mixed Doubles: Serbia d Germany

Results from Thursday 3 January

Day Session: Spain d USA

Verdasco d Kokkinakis

V Williams d Medina Garrigues

Spain moved through to the final after Isner withdrew.

Night Session : Australia d Italy 

Men: Tomic d Seppi

Women: Barty d Schiavone

Mixed: Italy d Australia

Brisbane International

Website

www.brisbaneinternational.com.au

Read the Brisbane International Day 6 Preview.

Draws

View the Brisbane International Women’s Singles Draw

View the Brisbane International Men’s Singles Draw

Schedule of Play

View the Schedule for Friday 4 January.

Tonight’s Women’s Semi Finals

Pavlyuchenkova d Tsurenko 4-6, 6-1, 6-2

Williams through to final, Azarenka withdrew

Yesterday’s Women’s Quarter Final Results

Azarenka d Pervak 6-1, 6-0

Tsurenko d Hantuchova 6-3, 6-4

Pavlyuchenkova D Kerber 7-6, 7-6

S Williams d Stephens 6-4, 6-3

Tomorrow’s Men’s Semi Finals

Dimitrov v Baghdatis

Nishikori v Murray

Today’s Men’s Quarter Final Results

Nishikori d Dolgopolov

Baghdatis d Simon

Dimitrov d Melzer

Murray d Istomin

Yesterday’s  Men’s Results

Murray d Millman 6-1, 5-7, 6-3

Melzer d Goffin 6-4, 7-6

Dimitrov d Raonic 6-3, 6-4

Istomin d Hewitt

Murray d Millman

ASB Classic – Auckland

Website

http://www.asbclassic.co.nz/

Draw

View the ASB Classic Singles Draw.

Players

View the ASB Classic Player List.

Tomorrow’s Final

Radwanska v Wickmayer

Today’s Semi Final Results

Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) def Mona Barthel (GER) 6-4 1-6 7-6

Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) def Jamie Hampton (USA) 7-6 7-6

Yesterday’s Quarter Final Results

(1) Agnieszka Radwanska d. Elena Vesnina 63, 63

(3) Yanina Wickmayer d. Kirsten Flipkens 63, 64

(8) Mona Barthel d. Johanna Larsson 62, 61

Jamie Hampton d. Kiki Bertens 61, 67(5), 62

Schedule of Play

View the ASB Classic Schedule of Play for Friday 4 January

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Until next time

Grand Slam Gal

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