PERTH, Australia (AP)—Britain's Andy Murray and 15-year-old Laura Robson won their mixed doubles match Wednesday to clinch a 2-1 victory over Germany at the Hopman Cup.
Murray and Robson beat Sabine Lisicki and Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-3, 6-2 in the deciding doubles match after Murray had beaten Kohlschreiber 6-4, 6-2 in the singles and Lisicki downed Robson 7-6 (5), 6-3 in the women's match.
Britain is 2-0 and in position to make Saturday's final in the eight-country tournament. Germany dropped to 0-2.
Russia missed a chance to keep pace with Britain in Group B when it lost 2-1 to Kazakhstan later Wednesday. Elena Dementieva of Russia opened with a 6-3, 6-1 win over Yaroslava Shvedova before Kazakhstan's Andrey Golubev outplayed Igor Andreev 6-4, 6-3 to even the match.
Shvedova and Golubev then won the mixed doubles 7-6 (3), 6-4 to even Kazakhstan's record at 1-1. Russia plays Britain on Friday in its final round-robin match.
Although Robson has failed to win either of her singles matches, she's played strongly in both of Britain's mixed doubles victories. That was particularly good Wednesday, when she hit stinging passing shots and made some well-timed lobs.
``I think I definitely carried him today. My back is sore,'' Robson joked as Murray stood beside her at a post-match television interview.
Spain (2-0) leads Group A and will play Australia (1-1) on Thursday. Romania (1-1) plays the United States (0-2) in the other Group A match.