Serena Williams is confident she can overcome a knee injury and return to the court soon, despite having to pull out of her Hopman Cup rubber against Australia Green’s Jarmila Wolfe.
“I just have some inflammation (in her left knee) that’s been going away very slowly; it’s going away but it needs a little more time,” said Serena, who had earlier been replaced by Vicky Duval for the USA’s opening tie against Ukraine.
“Maybe a day off or two will really make the world of difference,” Serena said, adding that she had been physically worn at the end of the 2015 season.
“Usually I’m super-fast and wasn’t moving the way I like to move. Mainly I was afraid to move and I need to get in the space where I’m not afraid to move,” she said of her 5-7 1-2 loss to Jarmila.
However she was confident the issue would not prove a major on-going problem.
“It’s not even a bump – just a really minor thing in the road and I’ll fly over it.”
http://hopmancup.com/news/2016/01/05/serena-positive-despite-setback
U toj grupi Ukrajina ima dve pobede, dok su SAD izgubile oba meca pa nemaju sansi za finale. Australija Gold i Ceska imaju po jednu pobedu. Danasnji rezultati:
Australia d USA 3-0
Jarmila Wolfe (AUS) d Serena Williams (USA) 7-5 2-1 ret
Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) d Jack Sock (USA) 7-5 6-4
Wolfe/Hewitt d Vicky Duval/Sock 7-6(4) 6-1
Ukraine d Czech Republic 2-1
Elina Svitolina (UKR) d Karolina Pliskova (CZE) 7-5 6-2
Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) d Jiri Vesely (CZE) 7-5 7-6(3)
Pliskova/Vesely d Svitolina/Dolgopolov 6-3 6-1
Veceras Mari protiv Kirgiosa. Australijanac je dobio Zvereva pre dva dana 4-6 6-1 6-4.