British number one Kyle Edmund reached the quarter-finals of the China Open with a hard-fought victory against Italy’s Matteo Berrettini.

The 23-year-old was two points away from defeat in the third set, but rallied to beat the world number 58 7-5 6-7 7-5.

Edmund will face Croatian qualifier Dusan Lajovic in the last eight.

Lajovic progressed by beating world number eight Grigor Dimitrov 6-4 2-6 6-4.

German second seed Alexander Zverev is the highest ranked player left in Edmund’s side of the draw.

Top seed Juan Martin del Potro faces Russian Karen Khachanov later on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, Belgium’s world number 11 David Goffin has ended his season early with an elbow injury which forced him to withdraw from the Japan Open and Shanghai Masters.

Goffin says he has a bone marrow edema, a build-up of fluid, which requires at least one month of recovery.

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Serena Williams is set to face Roger Federer in her first event of the 2019 season when the USA play Switzerland in the mixed doubles at the Hopman Cup.

Williams, 37, has not played since her controversial US Open final defeat by Naomi Osaka in September.

The 23-time Grand Slam champion partners Frances Tiafoe, while 20-time Grand Slam winner Federer and Belinda Bencic will seek to defend their title.

Cameron Norrie and Katie Boulter will represent Great Britain in Perth.

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“The Aussie fans are always so warm and supportive and the Hopman Cup has always given me a great start to the season, especially ahead of the Australian Open,” said Williams, who pulled out of this month’s China Open.

Williams will be playing in Australia for the first time since winning the 2017 Australian Open while eight weeks pregnant, having missed last year’s tournament as she was not fully fit to return following the birth of daughter Olympia.

The Hopman Cup runs from 29 December until 5 January, with the 2019 Australian Open taking place from 14-27 January.

The mixed team event features eight nations split into two groups, with teams facing each other in sessions that consist of a men’s and women’s singles match and a mixed doubles match.

Each team plays the other three in their group, and the top teams in each group then meet in the final.

The USA are due to meet Switzerland on New Year’s Day in Group B, which also features Great Britain and Greece.

Group A consists of France, Spain, Germany and hosts Australia.

Federer, 37, and Bencic, 21, won Switzerland’s first Hopman Cup since 2001 earlier this year.

Teams

Group A

France – Lucas Pouille and Alize Cornet

Spain – David Ferrer and Garbine Muguruza

Germany – Alexander Zverev and Angelique Kerber

Australia – Matt Ebden and Ashleigh Barty

Group B

Great Britain – Cameron Norrie and Katie Boulter

Greece – Stefanos Tsitsipas and Maria Sakkari

Switzerland – Roger Federer and Belinda Bencic

USA – Frances Tiafoe and Serena Williams

Great Britain will host a home Fed Cup tie in 2019 for the first time in 25 years.

Britain and Poland will share hosting duties for the round-robin event in the top division of the Europe/Africa zone.

Bath University will stage the event on 6-9 February, with Britain joined by seven other teams, split into two groups of four.

Britain have played in 15 different countries since they last hosted a home tie in May 1993.

The annual tournament involves up to 16 teams from Europe and Africa.

Captain Anne Keothavong said a home tie would give the British side a chance to showcase women’s tennis.

“A lot of people have been able to experience what Davis Cup is like and we’d like to prove we can match it,” she said.

“I know we’ve all been envious of the Davis Cup team having that experience and there’s nothing that’s driven the team more than wanting to have a home tie.”

The winners of February’s tie will go on to contest a World Group II play-off in April.

Britain have reached the play-offs four times in the past seven years but lost on each occasion.

Their most recent defeat came in April, when they lost the deciding doubles rubber against Japan to go down 3-2.

How does the format work?

• The Europe/Africa Zone Group I involves up to 16 teams.
• The eight nations competing in Britain will be split into two groups of four.
• Each side will play two singles and a doubles match with each nation in its group.
• The winner of each group will play in a final at the end of the week.
• The winner of the final will enter the World Group II play-offs.

Great Britain, who are 18th in the Fed Cup rankings, have not competed in the World Group since 1993.

Their team for this year’s play-off against Japan included Britain’s top two players in Johanna Konta and Heather Watson.

However, both have had difficult seasons, with British number one Konta falling to 44th in the world rankings after starting the year ninth.

“I know Jo and Heather aren’t in the place they’d like to be, but you only have to look at their Fed Cup records to know they’re capable of rising to the occasion,” Keothavong added.

“We’ve got players like Katie Boulter, Katie Swan, Gabi Taylor, all of whom have hit career-high rankings this year and are only improving.

“This will be a great opportunity for the younger players to really compete for a place in the team.”

A pre-draw will be held later this week to determine which seven nations will travel to Bath.

Europe/Africa Zone Group I nations: Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Georgia, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia, Sweden, Turkey and Ukraine.

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