Get the latest eSports news and check out sportsbooks to bet on in this 888sport sportsbook review. Meanwhile in tennis, in his first match since battling to the Wimbledon title, Carlos Alcaraz was made to work hard by David Goffin in the Hopman Cup in Nice on Friday. In the men's singles, top-ranked Alcaraz had to fight to overcome the 111th ranked Belgian 4-6, 6-4, 10/8.
Goffin broke the 20-year-old Spaniard twice to take the first set and
led 3-1 in the second before Alcaraz fought back to take the match to a
super tiebreak 10/8 after falling 4-0 behind.After Elise Mertens defeated Rebeka Masarova in the first women's singles match by scores of 7-6 (7/3), 2-6, and 10/5, Spain's victory brought the match to a tie.
Mertens and Goffin defeated Masarova and Alcaraz 6-3, 6-1 in the decisive doubles match to give the Belgian team the championship in just over an hour.
The Hopman Cup is a mixed tournament with two-player teams from six different countries divided into two pools of three.
Each nation competes against the other two groups in its pool. Women's singles, men's singles, and mixed doubles are played first in each tie. In their debut match, Donna Vekic and Borna Coric of Croatia defeated Belgium. On Saturday, Spain will play Croatia with a chance to go to the championship game still alive.
