Federer, Switzerland take Hopman Cup

Roger Federer won the Hopman Cup for a record third time after defending champion Switzerland beat Germany 2-1.

Switzerland took its fourth Cup title overall when Federer and Belinda Bencic beat Alexander Zverev and Angelique Kerber 4-0, 1-4, 4-3 (4) in the Fast4 format in the mixed doubles decider. In the men’s singles, Federer defeated Zverev 6-4, 6-2.

Top-seeded Kevin Anderson recovered from 5-2 down in the decisive tiebreaker to beat Ivo

Karlovic 7-6 (4), 6-7 (2), 7-6 (5) in the Maharashtra (India) Open final . ... Roberto Bautista Agut won the Qatar Open by beating Tomas

Berdych 6-4, 3-6, 6-3. Agut upset No. 1 seed Novak Djokovic a day earlier . ... Lesia Tsurenko advanced to the Brisbane International final by upsetting Naomi Osaka 6-2, 6-4. She will face Karolina Pliskova in Sunday’s final. Kei Nishikori advanced to the men’s final by defeating Jeremy Chardy 6-2, 6-2. Nishikori will face Daniil Medvedev.

New York Knicks center Enes Kanter will not travel to London for the team’s upcoming international game because he believes he could be assassinated for his opposition to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Left-hander Zach Britton agreed to a $39-million, three-year contract with the New York Yankees, according to reports . ... The New York Mets acquired outfielder Keon Broxton from Milwaukee for

reliever Bobby Wahl and a pair of minor leaguers.

Gary Woodland finished with a five-under 68 to keep his three-shot lead in the Sentry Tournament of Champions in Hawaii. Rory McIlroy is in second, one shot ahead of Marc Leishman.

American Mikaela Shiffrin dominated the first women’s World Cup slalom of 2019 to match her personal best winning streak in the discipline with seven straight wins.