Australia beat Canada to open Hopman Cup campaign
PERTH, Australia — Daria Gavrilova and Thanasi Kokkinakis each won their singles matches to give Australia a perfect start to its mixed team Hopman Cup campaign against Canada at Perth Arena on Sunday.
Gavrilova claimed a 6-1, 6-4 win over Eugenie Bouchard of Westmount, Que., before Kokkinakis wrapped up the Group A tie for Australia by beating world No. 108 Vasek Pospisil from Vancouver 6-4, 3-6. 6-3 in the men’s singles rubber.
The Canadian team responded in the mixed doubles winning 4-3 (1), 4-3 (4) in the Fast4 format to gain some consolation.
From the outset, world No. 83 Bouchard struggled to find any fluency and conceded the first set to the 25th ranked Gavrilova in under half an hour.