[Marc]

Who did she play Gemmer? and where was the match? [on TV?] I completely forgot! Thanks for letting me know

Did she play Yaroslava Shvedova?

[BigSister]

Yeah saw Elena on twitter from another source and go henin as well ^_^
Shame for laura but she has her age for her as well

[Gemmer-x]

Yeah she played Shvedova and no it's not on tv i found a stream on the web. Although, sky are supposed to be showing highlights this evening.

Murray cruised passed his opponent [i can't remember how you spell his name :P ] 6'2 6'2

Mixed doubles just ended with Andy + Laura winning! My god i don't know how, it was so tense at the end but they pulled through. They looked so cute playing together, Andy was really sweet encouraging her and making her go and accept the applause at the end. The highlights are definately worth a watch if you can. 6'3 4'6 7'6 [i think!]

So Great Britain take the tie 2-1

.. i've been sat here for 6hours watching all 3 of these matches, eating chocolate and drinking tea.. what a productive day.

[Marc]

HAHA Productive or what!?
I've been revising so I've missed out. But I'm chuffed with the win over Kazakhstan! I think they have Germany next. Very hard job! Robson vs. Lisicki - she's a tough one! But I reckon she'll do well against her. Murray has Kohlschreiber!

Could do with Russia slipping up against Kazakhstan to give GB a better chance of going through

[Gemmer-x]

i'm not really sure of the format tbh :/ don't usually pay much attention to the hopman cup.. i'l have to have a read on wiki or something

LOVE your avatar btw, it's so cute

[Braden]

Go Andy Murray !

[BigSister]

aww thats cute. Love them both so glad they won
I might have to have a look at next match when i can

[Marc]

Here you go Gemmer!

http://hopmancup.com/?id=201

[BigSister]

Thanks Marc
I recognise the german male player from somewhere prob at wimbledon. Think the Russians will prob win having the 4th best womans player(Is she still 4th) but i think we could come 2nd

[Marc]

Originally Posted by BigSister

Thanks Marc
I recognise the german male player from somewhere prob at wimbledon. Think the Russians will prob win having the 4th best womans player(Is she still 4th) but i think we could come 2nd

She's 5th
Not sure if it was Wimbledon but he did get to the 3rd round so maybe

[BigSister]

oh ok lol must have dropped
I swear Murray or Federer played him once but i supose it doesnt matter lol

[Marc]

You can look it up if you like LOL
http://www.atpworldtour.com/Players/...=K435&oId=F324

Turns out it was Wimbledon!

[Marc]

Brisbane:
Clijsters df. Molik 6-0 6-3
Ivanovic df. Bacsinszky 6-2 2-6 6-4

Auckland:
Kaia Kanepi d. (2) Li Na 61 63
(4) Francesca Schiavone d. Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro 62 63
(5) Virginie Razzano d. Monica Niculescu 75 64
(6) Elena Vesnina d. Alberta Brianti 61 64
I. Olaru d. E. Baltacha 62 62 can never tell how this women will do!

[Marc]

ATP Chennai

Robby Ginepri has beaten [1] Robin Soderling 6-4 7-5. Interesting, Ginepri [USA] is No.100 in the world, has been as high as No.15 in 2005. Also a bit of trivia: He was once involved with Minnie Driver! Oo ah

[BigSister]

Ive heard of him as well and i thought it was wimbledon ^_^

[Marc]

WTA Semi Finals set:

Brisbane:
[WC] Justin Henin vs. [3] Ana Ivanovic
Andrea Petkovic vs. [1] Kim Clijsters

Auckland:
[1] Pennetta vs. [4] Schiavone
Peer vs. Wickmayer [3]

[Gemmer-x]

Hopman cup - GBR defeat GER

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/8442848.stm

I so knew i should of stopped up and watched it! Didn't expect such a comforable score-line in the dubs tbh but yay bring on Russia!

[Marc]

Yep! and also Kazakhstan beat Russia yesterday - LOL!
Means that if GBR win against them [RUS] then we're in the final! I'm thinking it'll come down to the doubles, poor Laura Robson doesn't stand a chance against Dementieva

[BigSister]

no thats true poor Laura
But yay for beating Germany Murray did good ^_^

[Marc]

Murray will hopefully carry them to the final!

[Marc]

Ana Ivanovic and Andrea Petkovic both fall to the Belgians!

WTA:
Kim and Justine into the Brisbane final.
Pennetta and Yickmayer into the Auckland final.

[Marc]

GBR df. Russia 2-1

Andy Murray (GRB) df. Igor Andreev (RUS) 6-0 6-1
Elena Dementieva (RUS) df. Laura Robson (GRB) 6-4 6-0
Murray/Robson (GRB) df. Andreev/Dementieva (RUS) 6-4 6-7 7-6

GBR will now play Spain (Tommy Robredo/Maria Jose Sanchez Martinez who is a doubles specialist) in the final on Saturday.

...former Wimbledon junior champion Robson, 15, has lost all three of her singles matches this week, she believes she can beat Martinez Sanchez, who is ranked 26th in the world.

"I played her in a practice set before the tournament started, and I won," she said. "I know it's only practice but I am telling myself practice is basically a match, so technically I am 1-0 up."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/8447653.stm

C'mon GBR!

[Marc]

Awww we lost the final!

Laura Robson df. Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez 6-1 7-6
Tommy Robredo df. Andy Murray 1-6 6-4 6-3
Robredo/Sanchez df. Murray/Robson 7-6 7-5

Noooo! We could have won it easily! Oh well Laura has got her biggest win of her career against world no.25!

WTA: Auckland final

[3] Yanina Wickmayer df. [1] Flavia Pennetta 6-3 6-2

[Marc]

WTA Brisbane

[1] Kim Clijsters df. Justine Henin 6-3 4-6 7-6

Kim Clijsters survived two match points to beat Justine Henin in a thrilling Brisbane International final.

Clijsters looked to be romping to an easy win after claiming the first set and taking a 4-1 lead in the second.

But her game crumbled and Henin, in her first event since coming out of retirement, hit back to take the set and a 3-0 lead in the decider.

Clijsters battled back, saving two match points, and edged a dramatic tie-break to win 6-3 4-6 7-6 (8-6).

What a random yet amazing match! Completely topsy turvy!

[Marc]

Laura Robson earns Australian Open qualifying wildcard

British teenager Laura Robson has been awarded a wildcard to play in Australian Open qualifying this month.

The 15-year-old sparkled alongside Andy Murray at the Hopman Cup in Perth, beating world number 26 Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez in the final.

Qualifying begins on 14 January and Robson, ranked 403rd in the world, will need to survive three rounds to reach the main draw at Melbourne Park.

"Laura's had a quick rise on the scene and deserves this," a spokesman said.

"We're excited that we can recognise her success and look forward to seeing her in Melbourne."

Robson first came to prominence by winning the girls' singles title at Wimbledon in 2008.

The young left-hander's only previous appearance at senior level in a Grand Slam came at Wimbledon last year when she was handed a wildcard into the main draw before losing to Daniela Hantuchova in the first round.

Saturday's victory over Sanchez Martinez was her first over a top-30 player, although it will not officially go down on her record as the Hopman Cup is not a tour event.

"Today was really good in singles," said Robson, who turns 16 on 21 January.

"I knew I could play that well it was just maintaining it throughout the match and I'm going to go into Melbourne full of energy."

Robson said her chances of qualifying at the Australian Open "depends on the draw and everything else" but she added: "I'm there for the juniors anyway."

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/8449807.stm

Amazing for her! Its all happening so fast I just hope she can cope