Tennis Update: Hopman Cup- The Serbs white washed the Kazakhstani rivals in Perth
Serbia has started their campaign of the Hopman Cup trophy in a tremendous way as the Serbian players thrashed their opponents in their matches of the event.
Serbia is seeded one in the Hopman Cup, which is being held in Perth and the Serbs have shown that the top seed is very deserving for them. In the recent mixed doubles match of the A group of the tournament the Serbian team of Djokovic and Ivanovic hammered
the Kazakhstani team pretty mercilessly. By winning the mixed doubles match, the Serbian team has clean swept the Kazakhstani rival by 3-0. Djokovic and Ana clinched the victory by 7-6 (9-7) and 6-4.
The victory means a lot to Ivanovic as she was aiming for a good start of the year at it seems like she has started the year just according to her plans. In recent interviews, the Serbian ace Ivanovic had told that she is aiming for a perfect form and wants
to snatch the world number one rank and no doubt her recent performances in the Hopman Cup has given her a very strong boost for the upcoming matches and events. However, she seemed a little uncomfortable against Yaroslava in her match but according to tennis
critics, her victory in the match had earned her a lot of confidence for the rest of the tournament.
Before this, the Serbian tennis ace Novak Djokovic proved to be a little too tough for his Kazakhstani rival Andrey Golubev. Whereas on the other hand the compatriot partner of Djokovic Ana Ivanovic outclassed her Kazakhstani opponent Yaroslava Vyacheslavovna
Shvedova.
The current world number three Djokovic was strongly challenged by the twenty three years old Andry Golubev but in the end the Serbian star kept his head and snatched the glorious victory by 7-6 (8-6) and 6-1. On the other hand, the twenty three years old
and current world number seventeen tennis veteran Ana Ivanovic was equally challenged by Yaroslava. The current world number thirty nine gave her best but Ivanovic used her experience to hammer her. It was a three setter battle of tennis in which both the
tennis players tried there level hard to surpass each other but in the end the victory belonged to the former world number one Ana Ivanovic, who secured the win by 4-6, 6-3 and 6-1.
After the match, she expressed her feelings to the media by saying that it was a very important match for her as well as for Yaroslava. She added that she was very nervous and she was facing difficulty to serve well. She told that the first set of the match
was pretty disappointing for her as she was not at all able to serve well but in the second set of the match, she started to play well.
On the other hand, Djokovic started the match against the current world number thirty six a bit slowly. Nevertheless, very soon he gained total control of the match and brush his talented rival off with a brilliant effort. After the match, the Serb said
that the situation and conditions of the tournament in Australia are different and it gets very difficult for a player to get used to it at once.
While talking about his performance in the match Novak said that he is so far very happy with the way he has played and before the Australian Open, the Hopman Cup is a good event to get prepared. He added that in the first set of the match, he was playing
a defensive game but in the second set, he recovered well. He continued that the victory has given him a lot of momentum and he is very relaxed to finish the match according to the plan.
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