TENNIS in DEPTH.

GREAT Britain, Russia and Kazakhstan are all a chance of earning the right to play Spain in the Hyundai Hopman Cup XXII Final coming into Session 10’s double-header.

On Centre Court, Great Britain’s Laura Robson and Andy Murray can book their place with a win over Russia’s Elena Dementieva and Igor Andreev.

However, a Russian win would send the cat amongst the pigeons leaving the Russians and Brits to battle out via calculations, and Kazakhstan’s Yaroslava Shvedova and Andrey Golubev could join them in the mix with a win over the out of contention German team of Sabine Lisicki and Philipp Kohlschreiber.

Following Wednesday night’s game it would appear that Great Britain will beat Russia. On Wednesday night Russia lost to Asian Hopman Cup winners Kazakhstan 1-2 in the Tie, but with a team of world No. 5 Elena Dementieva and No. 35 Igor Andreev, the second-seed Russians will be keen to keep alive its Final hopes.

Great Britain has yet to lose a Tie with Murray winning all his singles and then the mixed doubles with youngster Laura Robson. The two will be playing on Centre Court while Germany and Kazakhstan will be on Court 1.

Robson is looking forward to her match against Russian sensation Dementieva and the 15-year-old is confident she can play better tennis this year.

“Well I can still improve on everything. The match was a lot better than on Monday,” Robson said.

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