Cornet wins in Hopman Cup

Alize Cornet overcame fatigue to demolish Hsieh Su-Wei in straight sets, 64 64, along with Gilles Simon from the ATP, to beat Taiwan in the Hopman Cup.

Both the Frenchwoman and the Taiwanese player had problems with their serve in the first set, as Hsieh went 0/4 for break point chances. Cornet succeeded only once in five times, when she broke Hsieh at 4-4 to make it 5-4 on her serve, then she went on to win the set with an ace.

Then Cornet and Simon won the mixed doubles together to Hsieh and Lu Yen-Hsun from the ATP, 63 76(8), to make the score 3-0 for France to win.

The defending champions are Meghann Shaughnessy and James Blake from the US, and they will take on Slovakia on Monday.

The U.S, Slovakia, Germany and Australia are in Group A, while France, Taiwan, Italy and Russia are in Group B.