A quick review of the key details of the Hopman Cup, Brisbane International and other tennis news.
Tsonga v Verdasco at the Hopman Cup on Sunday night
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Hopman Cup
Website
Round Robin Results
Only Spain and South Africa have played two rounds so far. Spain has won two and South Africa has won zero. Australia, the USA and Serbia have one win each, France, Germany and Italy zero wins.
Schedule for Tuesday 1 January 2013
5.45pm: USA v France
Due to being New Year’s day there will not be a day session.
Results for Monday 31 December: Serbia d Italy
Women: Ivanovic (S) d Schiavone (I)
Men: Djokovic (S) d Seppi (I)
Mixed Doubles: TBC
Due to New Year’s Eve there will only be a day session.
Yesterday’s Results, Day Session Sunday 30 January: USA d South Africa
Women: Venus Williams (USA) d Scheepers (SA)
Men: Anderson (SA) d Isner (USA)
Mixed Doubles: USA d South Africa
Yesterday’s Results, Night Session Sunday 30 January: Spain d France
Men: Tsonga (F) d Verdasco (S)
Women: Medina Garrigues (S) d Johansson (F)
Women’s and Mixed Doubles: Spain d France
Brisbane International
Website
www.brisbaneinternational.com.au
Read the Brisbane Day 2 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 Monday 31 December. (The Tuesday schedule wasn’t yet available when I had to go out for NYE)
Today’s Upset: Pervak d Wozniaki
Qualifier Ksenia Pervak, ranked 103 in the world defeated world No. 10 Caroline Wozniaki in 3 sets, 2-6, 6-3, 7-6(1). The match took 2 hrs 48 mins hours. This was Pervak’s first win over a top 10 player.
Results from Monday 31 December
F Mayer (6) d S Giraldo 6-4, 6-4
A Kerber (4) d A Tatishvili 6-2, 4-6, 6-2
S Errani (5) d Qualifier O Puchkova 6-1, 6-3
S Lisicki d L Safarova 6-2, 6-4
A Cornet d Qualifier B Bobusic 2-6, 6-3, 6-1
Key matches
No.7 seed Aussie Sam Stosur opens the centre court night session v Sofia Arvidsson of Sweden. Sam is really looking to improve on last year’s results.
ASB Classic – Auckland
Website
Draw
View the ASB Classic Singles Draw.
Players
View the ASB Classic Player List.
Schedule of Play
View the ASB Classic Schedule of Play for Monday 31 December.
Results from Monday 31 December
Pauline Parmentier (FRA) def Christina McHale (USA) 6-4 6-1
Elena Vesnina (RUS) def Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) 7-5 6-3
Eleni Daniilidou (GRE) def Coco Vandeweghe (USA) 1-6 7-6 6-4
Kiki Bertens (NED) def Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 6-7 6-2 7-6
Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) def Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ) 6-1 6-7 7-5
2012 Champion Jie Zheng headlines the New Year’s Eve night session playing Jamie Hampton of the USA (not before 7pm).
Other Tennis News
Get ready for the Australian Open by watching this top vid by the Aus Open team
Best Points from Australian Open 2012
Hopman Cup
Tatjana Malek will replaced injured Petkovic in the Germany Hopman Cup team
Novak Djokovic
Some good pics of the Mubadala World Tennis Championships at the end of this article Djokovic retains Abu Dhabi crown
Until next time
Grand Slam Gal
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