Hopman Cup 2017: Thursday Tennis Scores, Results and Updated Schedule

The U.S. and Spain won their respective matches with hard-fought victories on a rainy Thursday in Perth, Australia, as Group B of the Hopman Cup drew to a close. 

The Americans had already sealed their place in Saturday’s final after winning all six matches across their first two ties, but they still ended the group with a flourish thanks to an unexpected straight-sets win for Jack Sock over Nick Kyrgios.

Spain’s Feliciano Lopez was also a big winner of the day, beating the Czech Republic’s Adam Pavlasek to put his nation into second place at the end of the tournament.

Here are the full results from Thursday’s matches, as well as the schedule for Friday:

Scheduling and match information via the Hopman Cup’s official website.

Spain 2-1 Czech Republic

Spain ended their 2017 Hopman Cup participation with a difficult win over the Czech Republic, and the men’s singles match between Lopez and Pavlasek was the pick of the bunch.

Lopez eventually won in straight sets, 7-6 (5), 6-4, but it was no easy task. Pavlasek broke the Spaniard’s serve in the opening exchanges only for Lopez to break back and quash any threat of a shock early lead for the 22-year-old Czech. 

But Pavlasek would not lie down, and he stormed to a 3-0 lead in the first-set tiebreak, only for Lopez to gradually seize control with some fierce groundstrokes, as he took a one-set lead. The second set was equally difficult for the favourite, but at 4-4, Lopez finally broke the Czech’s serve and comfortably saw out the match.

Lucie Hradecka beat Lara Arruabarrena 6-2, 6-4 at the beginning of the day in a contest that …

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