Monitoring Desk
PERTH: Alexander Zverev and Angelique Kerber gave Germany its second consecutive win at the Hopman Cup mixed teams tennis tournament with singles victories Wednesday over Canadians Vasek Pospisil and Eugenie Bouchard.
No. 4-ranked Zverev beat Pospisil 6-4, 6-2 and Kerber, the 2016 Australian Open and U.S. Open champion, defeated Bouchard 6-1, 6-3. Germany also won the Fast4 mixed doubles 4-3, 4-3.
Germany can qualify from Group A for Saturday’s final with a win over Australia on Friday in the last round-robin match.
Later Wednesday, Belgium defeated Australia and made it more difficult for the host country to qualify for the final.
