Serena welcomes Perth heat as Bouchard wilts
Jan 4 (Reuters) - World number one Serena Williams 支援するd the searing Perth 条件s as perfect 準備 for her Australian Open 肩書を与える 企て，努力，提案 but the 天候 証明するd too hot for Canadian Eugenie Bouchard, who was thrashed in Sunday's Hopman Cup opener.
Williams will pair up with John Isner for the 部隊d 明言する／公表するs in the mixed-team event in Western Australia this week as the 18-times （野球の）満塁ホームラン，（テニスなどの）グランドスラム （テニスなどの）シングルス 支持する／優勝者 企て，努力，提案s for a sixth 肩書を与える at the Melbourne showpiece later this month.
気温s in Perth are 推定する／予想するd to reach 41 degrees Celsius and Williams, who won the last of her Australian Open 肩書を与えるs in 2010, said she was looking 今後 to the warm feeling in Monday's opener against Italy after a 冷静な／正味の winter at home.
"If anything it's going to help me for Melbourne," Williams told reporters on Sunday.
"Perth is one of the most hottest places I've ever played, so it will be really good for the 準備 in Melbourne, which is always 最高の hot.
"I 港／避難所't won in Australia for several years, but there's also a lot of other people who want too. I'll just have to do my best."
With Flavia Pennetta, Czech Lucie Safarova and Bouchard as 対抗者s in the 一連の会議、交渉／完成する コマドリ matches at the Hopman Cup, Williams will have no dearth of 質 対立.
"The women's field is excellent here. It's going to be 広大な／多数の／重要な," the 33-year-old said. "More than anything it's a 広大な／多数の／重要な time to get match play and not get 強調する／ストレスd out too much.
"Usually I'm really 強調する／ストレスd (in ノックアウト tournaments), so this will be really good for me."
The 27-year-old Safarova showed she had adjusted quickest to the 条件s in Perth as she 微風d past world number seven Bouchard 6-0 6-4.
"It's the best way I could imagine and I started really strong and was 圧力ing her from the first point," said the world number 16.
"I had a really hard and good off season in Florida and another week at home in Czech and I （機の）カム here, it's the fifth day here, so I've had time to adjust to the hot 条件s."
Safarova later teamed up with Adam Pavlasek, who lost his （テニスなどの）シングルス match to Vasek Pospisil, to 勝利，勝つ the mixed （テニスなどの）ダブルス and lead Czech 共和国 to a 勝利，勝つ over Canada.
World number six Agnieszka Radwanska also made a winning start in her 準備 for Melbourne, where she reached the 半分-決勝戦 last year.
The 2012 Wimbledon finalist did not have to break too much sweat as she 敗北・負かすd Casey Dellacqua 6-2 6-3 in an evening match to give Poland a 1-0 lead against Australia. (令状ing by Sudipto Ganguly in Mumbai; editing by Patrick Johnston and Pritha Sarkar)
