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Eugenie Bouchard.

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PERTH, Australia – Canadian players have had a great start to their first shots of the 2014 season racket

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Milos Raonic and Eugenie Bouchard recorded respective wins against Bernard Tomic and Australians Samantha Stosur to give a 2-0 victory in Canada outset the Hopman Cup, Perth Arena on Saturday to the West coast of Australia.

Raonic defeated Tomic 7-6 (6), 6-1 in particular using 18 aces, celebrating his 23rd birthday – celebrated Friday -. panache with

Beaten by the “best service in the world”

young Tomic conceded the first round in the 11th player in the world because of an error on a reverse and, thereafter, Raonic, a little less than two years older than his opponent has never looked back.

“As the game progressed, it was better,” described Raonic.

“[Raonic] has the best service in the world to me and I could not do much on his first ball,” for his part said Tomic.

Meanwhile, Bouchard, 32nd in the world, surprised Stosur in three sets 4-6, 6-2, 6-3.

Quebec is 19 years came from behind against an opponent 29 years old and a former member of the top 10 world now 18th in the hierarchy of the WTA.

Bouchard already beaten Stosur package on the latter (6-1, 2-0, ab.) to Charleston in the U.S. last season, but was also inclined 3-6, 7-5, 6-2 later against it in the final in Osaka, Japan.

“It’s nice to find the short and also to take a little revenge against [Stosur],” said Bouchard, all smiles after the victory.

The Canadians face Poland on Sunday and Italy on Thursday to complete the group stage of the Hopman Cup tournament for mixed global supremacy. The goal for the representatives of the maple leaf is finished first in their group to reach the final of the competition.