Top seeds Russia suffered a humiliating early exit from the Hopman Cup on Wednesday as a leg-weary Marat Safin was beaten for the second time in three days in their 2-1 defeat by Argentina.

• 正在澳大利亚西南海滨城市珀斯市举行的霍普曼杯网球混合团体赛上，1月5日再次爆出冷门，本届杯赛的头号种子俄罗斯队继4日以总比分1-2败给德国队之后，在第2场小组赛中又以1-2负于阿根廷队，至此已无缘决赛。