Crowd appeal The mixed doubles partnership of Serena Williams and Andy Murray was hugely popular with fans at Wimbledon three years ago
‘ WE KNOW HOW MUCH THE FANS LIKE WATCHING MEN AND WOMEN PLAY MIXED DOUBLES TOGETHER ’
it’s amatter of time,” he said. “It’s not going to be next year, but I thinkwe can get there.” The revival of the Hopman Cup, which seems set to relocate to Europe in 2023, is amore immediate project. The only significant event outside the Grand Slam tournaments to featuremixed doubles, the Hopman Cupwas held in Perth, Australia from its inception in 1989 until it was effectively squeezed out of the calendar by the ATP Cup in 2020. “We will be bringing the Hopman Cup back,” Haggerty confirmed. “It’s been difficult through Covid andwith the calendar congestion, but we knowhow important the event is and howmuch the fans like watchingmen andwomen play together. I remember the 2019 Hopman Cup, whenwe had Roger and Serena on the same court together. We’d never seen that before in a competitive environment. How great that was.”
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