- July 21, 2025
Hopman Cup: Canada Down Italy To Clinch Maiden Title
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Bianca Andreescu and Felix Auger-Aliassime teamed up to help Canada get their hands on the coveted silverware for the very time as they beat Lucia Bronzetti and Flavio Cobolli.
Bianca Andreescu, Felix Auger-Aliassime. (X)
Canada clinched the Hopman Cup for the very first time as Bianca Andreescu and Felix Auger-Aliassime teamed up to beat Italy’s Lucia Bronzetti and Flavio Cobolli in Bari on Sunday.
Andreescu dispatched Bronzetti in straight sets, 6-2, 6-3, in the women’s singles rubber, to take the lead, but Cobolli got the better of Auger-Aliassime in the men’s singles rubber to send the fixture to a tie-breaker in the doubles format.
However, Andreescu and Auger-Aliassime made no mistake in the decider as the Canadians registered a 6-3, 6-3 win over the Italians to clinch the crown.
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Currently ranked 185 in the world, Andreescu is 121 places lower than the Italian, but the 25-year-old once held the number four spot and won the 2019 US Open and her enduring class was too much for Bronzetti in their first ever meeting.
That meant Cobolli had to win against Auger-Aliassime to keep Italy in the hunt for the title. Their two previous meetings, both in 2024, were shared one apiece and there was little to separate them in the rankings with Cobolli at 19 and Auger-Aliassime at 28.
The Canadian edged the first set taking the tiebreak 9-7, but Wimbledon quarter-finalist Cobolli got the all-important break in the second to take it 7-5 and nudge the match into a a third set tie-breaker which he took 10-8.
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The doubles would prove to be the crucial factor on the day in the summit clash of the prestigious cup competition and the Canadians held their nerve to pick up a crucial win that earned them the right to hold the coveted piece of silverware at the ed of it all in Italy.
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