It wasn't supposed to be this way. Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez was expected to defeat Great Britain's Laura Robson in the Hopman Cup final, and Andy Murray was expected to defeat Tommy Robredo. What happened, though, was that Robson won, 6-1, 7-6, giving Martinez Sanchez her first loss in Perth this week. The Spaniard saved four match points, but Robson prevailed on the fifth.
Robredo, however, came prepared to put things back on track, and he did just that, defeating Andy Murray 1-6, 6-4, 6-3. The Spanish team then won the mixed doubles match 7-6, 7-5.
This is the third time that Spain has won the Hopman Cup, and the second time that Robredo has been on the winning team.
2 comments:
It was good to see Robson win a singles match finally during this competition. But what happened to Andy? Here he was winning all along and then.... I like Robredo also and was glad he battled it out. Spain seemed to really want it. I hope it was a positive experience for Robson.
I didn't get to see the match, so I don't know what happened to Andy. My best guess is that Tommy just brought it to him after a first-set adjustment.
And I think this was probably a very good experience for Laura.
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