PERTH, Australia - Feeling lethargic and jetlagged, Serena Williams decided a coffee might perk her up after losing her first set 6-0 at the Hopman Cup. Clemon Johnson Jersey .It did the trick.Williams recovered to beat Flavia Pennetta 0-6, 6-3, 6-0 on a sweltering day in Perth, John Isner followed up with a 5-7, 7-5, 7-6 (4) win over Fabio Fognini and the American pair combined to win the doubles for a 3-0 win over Italy in Group A on Monday in the international mixed team competition.Williams later joked it was miracle coffee.The top-ranked Williams laughed loudly as she checked with the chair umpire and then with the tournament referee about the coffee before a ball girl served her the brew on court.I was just feeling it, so I just had to get some coffee into me, Williams said. I just asked them to get me a shot of espresso — I asked them if it was legal, because Ive never done it before. I needed to wake up.Andy Murray had two wins in Britains 2-1 victory over France in Group B, beating Benoit Paire 6-2, 7-5 and then combining with Heather Watson to win the deciding mixed doubles 6-4, 2-6, 10-8. Alize Cornet beat Watson 6-2, 6-2 in the womens singles to make help France level the match 1-1.Williams, the 18-time major winner, said the round-robin nature of the Hopman Cup took some pressure off her ahead of the Australian Open later this month, and she was also heeding some advice from her father, Richard.My dad says, Serena, youve done everything, enjoy yourself, I promise youll play better, Williams was quoted as saying after the match. So Im like, OK. Im trying to relax a bit more and play how I know I can play.The roof was closed to cool the venue in Perth, where temperatures topped 44 degrees Celsius (111 degrees Fahrenheit) on Monday, the citys hottest day since 1991.It was raining on the other side of the country in Brisbane, where two-time Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka wasted two match points in the second set before Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic rallied to win 4-6, 7-6 (7), 6-4.Azarenka, the losing finalist in Brisbane last year, was unseeded after sliding to a year-end No. 32 ranking due to knee and foot injuries in 2014. Slipping further in the rankings this month, Azarenka struggled for consistency against Pliskova, who saved three breakpoints in the last game before serving out the match in 3 hours, 13 minutes. The result means Azarenka is unlikely to be seeded at the Australian Open, which starts Jan. 19.American teenager Madison Keys had a 7-5, 6-2 first-round win over fourth-seeded Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia earlier Monday, breaking the 2014 Australian Open finalists serve three times in a second set that was briefly interrupted by rain at the semi-enclosed arena.Third-seeded Angelique Kerber of Germany beat Caroline Garcia of France 6-4, 6-3.On the mens side at the Brisbane International, Australians ousted two seeded French players, with James Duckworth beating No. 6 Gilles Simon 6-2, 6-2 and Thanasi Kokkinakis beating No. 8 Julien Benneteau 6-4, 6-3.At the ASB Classic in Auckland, New Zealand, 31-year-old Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia had an upset 6-3, 6-2 win over second-seeded Sara Errani of Italy.Ana Konjuh of Croatia ousted eighth-seeded Mona Barthel of Germany 6-2, 6-1; 18-year-old American wildcard Taylor Townsend beat former champion and three-time Auckland finalist Yanina Wickmayer 7-5, 3-6, 6-0; and sixth-seeded Sloane Stephens of the United States beat Silvia Soler-Espinosa of Spain 6-3, 6-1. 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They have also lost 13 of 15.This is an extremely hard and tough situation for everybody in our organization, from the players to the coaches to the managers, Edmonton coach Dallas Eakins said. It is hard and it is painful, and somewhere you have to believe that this is going to make you extremely resilient and tough down the road.You are sitting there sometimes going, What is it going to take to get a bounce, to get a call, to get something in your favour? Right now it doesnt seem like hockey wants to give that to us. Even on nights where we believe that we do deserve the break.Ben Scrivens stopped 37 shots in the loss.I dont think were playing good enough to win in the NHL, he said.Oshies second goal of the season, a drive from beyond the right circle after a drop pass by Taarasenko, beat Scrivens high stick side and gave the Blues a 1-0 lead with 8:25 remaining in the first period. Aaron McKie Jersey. The Oilers went nearly 10 minutes in the first without a shot and had just three shots in the period, but they tied the game on David Perrons third goal of the season with 14:09 left in the second period.Perron has two goals in four career games against his former team. He scored 84 in six seasons with St. Louis before being traded before the 2013-14 season.Edmonton went ahead 2-1, its first lead since beating the Rangers on Nov. 9, when Nikita Nikitin scored off a back-door assist from Taylor Hall with 3:14 remaining in the second.Kevin Shattenkirk tied it 2-2 with a long shot from near the blue line, assisted by Oshie, just 31 seconds into the third.Mark Arcobello put Edmonton back in front 3-2 three minutes later with his fifth of the season off another nice pass from Hall.The Blues tied it with 7:35 remaining when Alex Pietrangelo put in a rebound of Oshies miss.They are an opportunistic team, Allen said of the Oilers. Theyve got those first two lines and some top-end skill. When they get chances they bury them.Thats a team you have to grind, grind, grind. We came out in the third and we came out strong. Vladdy with another unbelievable goal to win it for us.NOTES: Blues coach Ken Hitchcock tied Mike Keenan for sixth on the NHL career wins list with 671. ... Blues D Jay Bouwmeester missed his fourth game with a lower-body injury, and is expected to sit out Saturday at Minnesota. ... The Blues outshot the Oilers 37-15 in regulation. . St. Louis is 12-0 when it scores at least three goals, and is 3-6-2 when scoring two or fewer. ' ' '