Week 1 - Hopman Cup, Perth, Australia (Indoor Hard)

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Week 1 - Hopman Cup, Perth, Australia (Indoor Hard)

flamingowings · All-time great

wolf wrote:
Cam about to start up vs Federer, on Eurosport 2. Hopefully he can put up a better show than Evo did against Federer here a few years ago.

Dan did quite well in 2017 - 6-3, 6-4. Respectable scoreline. Cam's is a total pummeling but not (to me) unexpected.

the addict · Tennis legend

Cam did have 5 break points in the first set (three in the first game) - didn't take any. Fed had 5, and took 2.
Cam needs a better second serve to compete at the top level - he won just 4 out of 22.

Stats available via https://www.flashscore.com/tennis/atp-singles/hopman-cup/

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
B/RR2/1: Roger Federer (SUI) WR 3 defeated Cameron Norrie WR 91 by 1 & 1

B/RR2/2: Belinda Bencic (SUI) WR 54 defeated Katie Boulter WR 97 by 6-2 7-6(0) hmm

JonH · All-time great

Always going to be tough. Hopman Cup for me gives us a taste of what Davis cup and at
P world team will be like later this year / next year. Depressingly uninteresting

flamingowings · All-time great

Andy was watching: twitter.com/MagicMurrayFans/status/1079335809017364481

Mervatron2 · Challenger qualifying

Good that they won the first tie though.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
Stircrazy wrote:
B/RR2/1: Roger Federer (SUI) WR 3 defeated Cameron Norrie WR 91 by 1 & 1
B/RR2/2: Belinda Bencic (SUI) WR 54 defeated Katie Boulter WR 97 by 6-2 7-6(0)

B/RR2/3: Belinda Bencic & Roger Federer (SUI/SUI) UNR (997+0[but a CH of 24 in June 2003]) defeated Katie Boulter & Cameron Norrie CR 832 (633+199) by 4-3(4) 4-1

flamingowings · All-time great

Very Glam Norrie and Boulter

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

flamingowings wrote:
Stircrazy wrote:
flamingowings wrote:
Nice win! Let's see how Cam and Katie get on with Federer and Benic...
Not to mention Tiafoe & Serena W!
Cam I think can beat Tiafoe. Greece, as I said with my opening post, was the easiest to start off with (they have no grand slams after all) although both higher ranked than our pair.

Interesting: Williams beat Sakkari in straight sets, but Tsitsipas beat Tiafoe in three & the pair of them combined to beat Williams & Tiafoe in three...

wolf · Tennis legend

Serena won the toss a chose to serve. I guess she hasn't worked out that means Fed will serve at 4-4 in the TB if it gets there. I'm glad that this match might highlight the stupidness of the rules, as the crowd will want more of this.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Level pegging after the singles, with Williams beating Bencic in straight sets & Roger the Lodger Tiafoe, also in straight sets, so the mixed is the decider in the tie.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
Level pegging after the singles, with Williams beating Bencic in straight sets & Roger the Lodger Tiafoe, also in straight sets, so the mixed is the decider in the tie.

First blood to the Swiss holders of the Cup who take the first set by 4-2.

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Stircrazy wrote:
Stircrazy wrote:
Level pegging after the singles, with Williams beating Bencic in straight sets & Roger the Lodger Tiafoe, also in straight sets, so the mixed is the decider in the tie.
First blood to the Swiss holders of the Cup who take the first set by 4-2.

Win for the holders completed in the second set by 4-3(3).

wolf · Tennis legend

Unfortunately GB can no longer qualify for the final though with Cam and Katie needing to make Auckland and Hobart qualifying respectively I guess it's not the worst thing.