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Federer's pleasure and pain

Roger Federer stretches to play a forehand to Alexander Zverev of Germany during the men's singles match on day four of ...

Perth: While Roger Federer has been feeling the love at the Hopman Cup this week, he has also been feeling the pain. Good pain. The type of day-after muscle soreness the 17-time major winner knew would follow his three-tiebreak loss to Alexander Zverev. Bring it on.

Sleep is the word for returning Rafa

Settling in nicely: Rafael Nadal.

Jet-lagged yet feeling the love, Rafael Nadal believes his best hopes of enjoying a triumphant Brisbane International debut is to sleep like a baby.

Rusty Serena wins opener in Auckland

American Serena Williams on her way to defeating France's Pauline Parmentier at the ASB Classic in Auckland.

She may not have played for a few months, but Serena Williams has lost none of our competitiveness with a comfortable first-up victory at the Auckland Classic.

Kyrgios backs Aussies to rebound at Hopman Cup

Gavrilova and Kyrgios are confident they can still make it through their pool.

Perth: Nick Kyrgios has expressed his confidence in his Hopman Cup partner Daria Gavrilova's ability to rebound from an opening singles loss and the defending champion Australians' ability to qualify for Saturday's final despite Sunday's 2-1 defeat against Spain.