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Hopman Cup RR - GB v Germany


Laura's match against Sabine Lisicki starts at 2am GMT tonight, with Andy against Philipp Kohlschreiber and then the mixed doubles to follow.

Laura against Lisicki should be a fascinating match with two players who go all out for their shots, there should be plenty of winners/unforced errors.

Andy of course should win his match, because I should think we need to win at least one match tonight for a chance of progression.

The mixed doubles will be tougher, and Andy might actually need to let Laura hit a few balls this time.

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Can't really see Laura currently getting too close to threatening Lisicki, Andy should win and so then comes down to the mixed which could go either way though I'd make Germany favourites for that and therefore the overall tie.

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Live stream - http://www.veetle.com/viewChannel.php?cid=4b1c080ee2173#

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Laura 4-4* - all on serve so far

Martijn Bok saying Laura is planning a lot of clay events this year.

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Lisicki takes the first set 7-6(5).

Laura served for it at *5-4 but was broken to love.

Laura also *5-4 up in the tb but misshed a fh and then at 5-5 challenged a Lisicki shot that hit the baseline so lost the point.

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GSM Lisicki 7-6(5) 6-3

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Quietly impressive by Laura in defeat. A marked improvement over her performance in the first match. Still lacking a bit of power on her first serve and served 10 dfs. But eventhough she was undone by a number of dropshots exquisitely played by Lisicki I see some real improvement in her movement ( still plenty to work on ). Lisicki sidestepped a question about Laura's ability in the post match interview which shows that it was a real test for her.

Thanks Wolf for the link.

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Andy won the first set 6-4 but it was a struggle.

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To round up
Andy won 6-4 6-1

and in a sensational display they won the MD 6-3 6-2

Laura so so much better than on Monday.

Great interview afterwards as well.

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Thought both played very good tennis today. Murray in the 2nd set V Kohlschreiber was on fire. Think the set was over in 17 minutes and the last 3 games he served lasted 3 minutes between them.

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Great to hear that Laura played so well.  I wasn't at all confident that she'd get that close  against Lisicki.   And really good mixed doubles win, well I did say that could go either way  wink.gif 

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Someone remind me not to pick Kohlschreiber to do well in the next pick 'em.

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Laura played top 50 tennis today there is no doubt and based on this form is a cert to qualify for the Aussie open. Still struggles to take advantage of winning positions but fought very well in the second set which was very encouraging. Remember Lisicki is a top 10 player in the making and apart from an obvious power difference on service there was very little to choose between them in the baseline rallies. Laura moving so much better from side to side.
Andy also is revelling in this experience and the mixed doubles was a delight to watch.
On this form they will beat Russia in the doubles.

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Eeek! I thought they were playing tonight, not last night, so I didn't even check this morning.

That was an impressive mixed doubles win. When do they play next?

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Madeline wrote:

Eeek! I thought they were playing tonight, not last night, so I didn't even check this morning.

That was an impressive mixed doubles win. When do they play next?



2am on the 8th


 



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