Resurgent SERENA Heads for Hyundai HOPMAN CUP
PERTH. USA, represented
by US Open winner Serena Williams and another two time Hopman
Cup Champion James Blake will be the top seeds for this year’s
Hyundai Hopman Cup. The Russian brother/sister combination
of world number 2 Dinara Safina and dual Grand Slam Champion Marat
Safin will fill the number 2 position and be seeded to meet USA in
the Final.
USA, the most successful nation in the 20-year history of the Hopman Cup
having been victorious five times, is the last team to be confirmed.
France, with Gilles Simon (world ranking
10) and Alize Cornet (world ranking 18) have risen through
the rankings to become the third seed and Australia with
former world number 1 Lleyton Hewitt and
Western Australia’s Casey Dellacqua, will fill the
fourth position.
Tournament Director Paul McNamee said “Serena’s
return to number 1 was one of the biggest sports stories of the year. There’ll
be a lot of interest in Serena, but equally as much in Lleyton Hewitt’s
tournament comeback. It’ll be a big week.”
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