Serena Williams ensured her first ever on-court meeting with Roger Federer would have a competitive edge as she fought back on Tuesday to win her singles in the Hopman Cup. That tied the scores in the mixed team event at 1-1 with just the doubles to come. Earlier, in the men’s singles at the mixed team event, Federer dispatched Frances Tiafoe, 6-4, 6-1. I knew I could play better.”“It’s super exciting,” Williams said, looking ahead to her meeting with Federer later in the day. The mixed doubles are contested in a short-set format with tiebreaks at 3-3 but that still means two matches in a day for the four players.

Source: Punch January 01, 2019 13:07 UTC