(Paris) Le Canada by Bianca Andreescu and Félix Auger-Aliassime won the Hopman Cup on Sunday for the first time in its history, a mixed tennis test by Nations, beating Italy in the final which was playing at home.
The meeting was played in the decisive double, won in two rounds by the Canadian pair 6-3, 6-3.
In the simple, Bianca Andreescu (1e World player, but ex-world world, victorious of the United States Internationals in 2019) had taken the measure of Lucia Bronzetti (70e), but his compatriot Félix Auger-Aliassime (28e) then lost to the super break of equality against Flavio Cobolli (19e).
Photo Olivier Jean, La Presse Archives
Bianca Andreescu
The Hopman Cup was from 1988 to 2018 one of the first meetings of the season, in Perth in Australia. After four years of interruption, it was relaunched in Nice, in France, in 2023. It did not take place the following year due to the Paris Olympics.
It was taking place this year in Bari, in Puglia (southeast).
The results of the final
- Bianca Andristin (CAN) Bronzetti Bat | Bronze Bronze (ITA) 6-260o
- Flavio Cobolli (ITA) Bat Félix Auger-Aliassime (Can) 6-7 (7/9), 7-5, 1-0 (10/8)
- Bianca Andreescu/Félix Auger-Aliassime (Can) Battent Lucia Bronzetti/Flavio Cobolli (ITA) 6-3, 6-3
