Venus Williams powers US to victory

Updated: 05:52, Wednesday Jan 2, 2013

Former universe No.1 Venus Williams dug low into her bag of tricks to energy a US to a 2-1 Hopman Cup delight over France during Perth Arena on Tuesday night.

The US seemed headed for better after John Isner slumped to a 6-3 6-2 detriment to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Williams forsaken a opening set opposite Mathilde Johansson.

But from 4-1 down in a second set, Williams launched a overwhelming fightback, violence Johansson 3-6 7-5 6-4 in 139 mins to keep a US in a tie.

Williams afterwards teamed with Isner to win a churned doubles 6-7 (7-5) 6-2 10-8 (match tiebreak), giving a US their second win of a contest after their first-up feat over South Africa.

The second-seeded US will

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