Switzerland’s team scored 4-2,4-3(3) victory over the United States.
Swiss tennis star Roger Federer, world Number 3 in men’s singles according to the Association of Tennis Professionals and 20-time Grand Slam title owner, has bested the US’s Serena Williams, owner of 39 Grand Slam titles, who has been called Number 1 by the Women’s Tennis Association on eight different occasions.
The standoff was not one on one, of course, as tennis rules prohibit direct competition between men and women, but a competition of mixed doubles, in which Serena Williams played alongside Frances Tiafoe, while Federer played with Belinda Bencic.
Prior to the team match, Tiafoe and Bencic were bested by Federer and Williams, respectively, in one on one matches, as per rules of the Hopman Cup.
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Last week, both Federer and Williams expressed their agitation toward the upcoming match, with Federer saying that he hoped «a lot of tennis fans are going to tune in and watch it, because it’s going to be one time and probably never again, in this kind of a competition.
