#2. 2017 Hopman Cup against Roger Federer
Roger Federer and Alexander Zverev played the best match of this year’s Hopman Cup at Perth, and although the tournament might not count towards the Tour, this was still a big one! While Switzerland had won their opening match 3-0 against Great Britain, Germany were beaten by France 2-1.The match between Federer and Zverev began in exciting fashion with both players fighting hard in the first set which eventually went to a tie-break. Zverev drew first blood by whizzing past Federer in the tie-break 7-1. The second set was also very exciting and also went to a tie-break but this time, it was Federer who won the tie-break 7-4 to level the match.
The crowd at Perth expected an exciting final set and they weren’t disappointed as both players stood their ground and took the final set to a tie-break as well. Zverev eventually triumphed after edging out Federer 7-4. However, Germany would go on to lose the battle as Belinda Bencic defeated Andrea Petkovic and the Swiss duo got the better of their opposite numbers in the mixed doubles match.
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