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  • Brisbane International – Monday, January 5 – Order of Play & Scores

    Brisbane International – Monday, January 5 – Order of Play & Scores

    Victoria Azarenka Bernard Tomic

    The night session on Pat Rafter Arena features two matches. Up first, Victoria Azarenka (BLR) takes on Karolina Pliskova, followed by local boy Bernard Tomic, who will play the American Sam Querrey. The full schedule is below.

    [Scores added as known. All times are local.]

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    Monday, January 05, 2015

    Pat Rafter Arena — Start 11:00 am

    (4) Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) v Madison Keys (USA)

    (6) Gilles Simon (FRA) v (WC) James Duckworth (AUS)

    (8) Julien Benneteau (FRA) v (WC) Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS)

    Not Before 7:00 pm

    Victoria Azarenka (BLR) v Karolina Pliskova (CZE)

    Bernard Tomic (AUS) v Sam Querrey (USA)

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    Show Court 1 — Start 11:00 am

    (WC) Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS) v Shuai Zhang (CHN)

    (Q) Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) v Sabine Lisicki (GER)

    (3) Angelique Kerber (GER) v Caroline Garcia (FRA)

    Chris Guccione (AUS) / Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) v (WC) James Duckworth (AUS) / Marinko Matosevic (AUS)

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    Show Court 2 — Start 11:00 am

    (Q) Daria Gavrilova (RUS) v Alison Riske (USA)

    (8) Garbine Muguruza (ESP) v Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)

    Jeremy Chardy (FRA) v Andrey Golubev (KAZ)

    (2) Rohan Bopanna (IND) / Daniel Nestor (CAN) v Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) / Kei Nishikori (JPN)

    (4) Eric Butorac (USA) / Sam Groth (AUS) v Jurgen Melzer (AUT) / Gilles Simon (FRA)

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    Court 6 — Start 11:00 am

    Rhyne Williams (USA) v Matt Reid (AUS)

    Not Before 1:00 pm

    (2) Viktor Troicki (SRB) v (6) Denis Kudla (USA)

    Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (CRO) v Christina McHale (USA)

    (Q) Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) v (Q) Madison Brengle (USA)

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    Court 14 — Start 11:00 am

    Frank Dancevic (CAN) v Lukasz Kubot (POL)

    (3) Marsel Ilhan (TUR) v Marius Copil (ROU)

    Jelena Jankovic (SRB) / Arantxa Parra Santonja (ESP) v Raluca Olaru (ROU) / Shuai Zhang (CHN)

    (2) Raquel Kops-Jones (USA) / Abigail Spears (USA) v Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) / Alexandra Panova (RUS)

    Cover Photo (Creative Commons License): Steven Pisano / Marianne Bevis

  • Hewitt Defeats Federer to Win Brisbane Title

    Hewitt Defeats Federer to Win Brisbane Title

    Brisbane - Hewitt

    32-year-old Australian Lleyton Hewitt ended a fine week at the Brisbane International by defeating old adversary Roger Federer in the final.

    Hewitt prevailed 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 in 2 hours and 7 minutes.

    An error-strewn opening set from Federer (22 unforced errors) helped Hewitt race out to an early lead.

    Federer battled back in the second and crucially broke for a 5-4 lead before sealing the second set with a powerful forehand.

    The Swiss maestro had chances in the deciding set but couldn’t capitalize on 7 break point opportunities, and Hewitt held on after breaking to 3-1 to secure the championship.

    “I didn’t play great today which is a bit unfortunate, but also Lleyton was the best player I played this week,” stated Federer in the post-match assessment.

    The victory secured Hewitt’s 29th ATP Tour title and first since 2010. He also moves back into the Top 50.

    “A lot depends on draws and how I play,” Hewitt replied when queried about his chances at the forthcoming Australian Open in Melbourne.

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    Cover Photo (Creative Commons License): Marianne Bevis