Hopman Cup winners and losers.
by bahamaderek on Jan.07, 2009, under Dominika Cubulkova, Hopman Cup, Lleyton Hewitt
Simone Lisicki & Nicolas Kiefer of Germany.
AUSTRALIA’S quest for a second Hopman Cup title will have to wait another year after a marathon 2-1 loss to the Slovak Republic early today.
Lleyton Hewitt continued his winning ways with a 7-6 (7-4) 6-7 (7-1) 6-4 triumph over Dominik Hrbaty but Casey Dellacqua lost her second match in as many days when world No.19 Dominika Cibulkova cruised to a 7-5 6-2 win in 84 minutes.
Australia, who lost 2-1 to Germany on Monday, needed to beat the Slovak Republic in the mixed doubles to win the tie and stay in the hunt for Friday’s final.
But a weary Hewitt and a luckless Dellacqua couldn’t muster the win, with Hrbaty and Cibulkova running out 6-7 (7-5) 6-3 7-6 (10-4 in match tiebreak) winners in a match that didn’t finish until 3.35am Melbourne time.
Slovak Republic, who beat the top-seeded US on Monday, can guarantee a spot in the final if they can defeat Germany in their final Group A encounter.
Earlier on Tuesday, Italy defeated France 2-1 in the group B tie.
Alize Cornet disposed of Flavia Pennetta 7-5 6-2 but Simone Bolelli kept Italy in the tie when he upset world No.6 Frenchman Gilles Simon 6-3 6-3.
Bolelli then combined with Pennetta to win the mixed doubles 6-4 7-6 (7-2).
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May 16th, 2009 on 7:01 am
Well Lisicki really is Germany’s new tennis hope. It can be suspected that with her way to play tennis, she’ll easily make it in the top 15 rankings by the end of the year. Let us wish her all the best and let us all hope that Sabine will stay free of injuries!
May 16th, 2009 on 7:20 am
..thanks for the pix…I will post them and see if anyone can verify their authenticity…