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HuaweiBelgium’s Yanina Wickmayer began the defence of her Auckland Classic title with a enthralling, hard-fought 6-3 6-7 6-1 first-round victory over former world number one Dinara Safina on Tuesday.
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PERTH - Former world number one Justine Henin continued her comeback from a six-month injury absence as she inspired Belgium to victory over Kazakhstan at the Hopman Cup mixed team event on Tuesday.
World No. 2 and one of the game’s all-time greats Roger Federer said that only time will tell if a shorter season will help the players on the ATP Tour.
A jet-lagged Andy Murray won his opening match of the year but it was not enough to prevent Britain from losing 2-1 to Italy in their opening match of the Hopman Cup mixed team event in Perth.
Top seed Maria Sharapova cruised through her first round match in the Auckland Classic women’s tennis tournament disposing of Italian qualifier Alberta Brianti in straight sets.
Former top ranked Maria Sharapova overcame a last-minute change of opponent to beat Alberta Brianti of Italy 6-2, 6-3 and advance to the second round of the ASB Classic tennis tournament on Monday.
Andy Murray beat Italy’s Potito Starace 7-5, 6-1 at the Hopman Cup on Monday, winning his first competitive match since losing to Rafael Nadal at the ATP World Tour Finals in November.
Having started the New Year well by defeating tennis legend Roger Federer in the final of the Mubadala World Tennis Championship in Abu Dhabi, World No.1 Rafael Nadal said there was no extra pressure on him, rather it was extra motivation to win the season-opening Grand Slam—the Australian Open.
ABU DHABI - World No 5 Robin Soderling said that he couldn’t have asked a better start to the New Year after winning the third place play-off against Czech Tomas Berdych in the Mubadala World Tennis Championship at the Abu Dhabi International Tennis Complex at the Zayed Sports City on Saturday.
Novak Djokovic kick-started his 2011 campaign with a well-earned victory on Sunday as top seeds Serbia took an unbeatable 2-0 lead over Kazakhstan in their opening match at the Hopman Cup mixed team event.
