Cecil will play Kazakhstan in Hopman Cup

Competing for Kazakhstan Bulgarian Sesil Karatantcheva will play the tournament Hopman Cup in Perth (Australia), which is unofficial world championship of tennis mixed teams. The contest has a prize pool of $ 1 million and replaced Karatantcheva urgency in the team Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan, which has received a knee injury yesterday during the match with Ana Ivanovic (Serbia).

A few days ago Sesil Karatantcheva lost in the first round of the qualifying tournament in Brisbane. Thanks to its inclusion in the team of Kazakhstan for the Hopman Cup but tomorrow it will be able to compete with former № 1 Justine Henin in the world. Belgian had not played Wimbledon in June, it received an injury to the elbow, but that day came back with a win on the court.

On Thursday, Kazakhstan does go against the team of hosts Australia as a pre-program session will play Alicia Molik in. The Bulgarian will partner of couples with Andrew Golubyov.