Australia notch clean sweep in Hopman Cup
AUSTRALIA has completed a clean sweep in the singles to open their Hyundai Hopman Cup campaign impressively in the $1-million ITF mixed teams tennis championship at Perth旧 Burswood Dome.
World No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt wrapped up his clash with Davide Sanguinetti 6-3, 6-1 after the Italian rolled his right ankle towards the end of the first set and after injury time and then almost immediately a 55-minute break due to a power failure, the Aussie wrapped up the match quickly.
Earlier, Alicia Molik had beaten Silvia Farina-Elia 6-3, 6-4 despite being ranked some 77 places lower than the Italian in the women旧 list.
Molik sealed the victory in 70 minutes after coming from 1-3 down in the opening set, with a string of five games in a row. She broke the Italian in the second set, only to drop her own service before recovering for a second break and then clinching the match. The Australians made it 3-0 when the Italians forfeited due to Sanguinetti旧 ankle injury and the host nation now advances to Tuesday旧 battle with the Slovak Republic.
This evening旧 Session 3 will see the historic clash between the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic as the two former Czechoslovakian countries do battle as independent nations for the first time since the country旧 split up 10 years ago.
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