The Swiss Roger Federer defeats Sugita in his debut in the Hopman Cup He defeated, 6-4 and 6-3, the Japanese Yuichi Sugita in his debut in the Hopman Cup, a prestigious tournament of tennis by mixed teams that until January 6 is disputed in Perth (Australia).
At the start of the afternoon session, Roger Federer resolved his commitment in two sets. He won the first 6-4 and scored the second and final 6-3.
The Swiss, holder of 19 Grand Slam titles, returned to the court in the last turn to play the doubles match with his compatriot Belinda Bencic, who in their individual match defeated Naomi Osaka 7-5 and 6- 3.
Federer and Bencic completed the 3-0 for the Swiss team by beating Osaka and Sugita in the doubles match after coming back from an adverse score. The Helvetians, who gave up the first set (2-4) reacted and took the shock by scoring the next two by 4-1 and 4-3 (1).
The morning shift, meanwhile, left the United States team triumphing over Russia (2-1), signed in individual matches.
CoCo Vandeweghe beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova by a 6-3 double and Jack Sock beat Karen Khachanov by 6-4, 1-6 and 6-3. The mixed went to the Russian couple 3-4 (3), 4-1 and 4-2.
This Sunday the competition will begin in group A with the Australia-Canada match, while Belgium and Germany will meet on Monday, January 1. EFE