Andy Murray admits he’s ready for Australian Open after beating Alexander

The Great Britain team thrashed Germany in Friday’s later session to keep alive their hopes of reaching the final, for which they needed needed France to beat the Australia Green team.

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The fiery Kyrgios was embroiled in a number of controversies on and off court a year ago, but has begun 2016 in fine style with wins in all of his six matches in this tournament.

“Especially me and Dasha – we grew up together in juniors”.

Launching pad: Murray said the Hopman Cup had provided an ideal launching pad for his upcoming Australian Open campaign in Melbourne later this month.

“It was a really good match”, Watson said. “Hopefully we can bring it home”.

Ukraine’s pairing of Elina Svitolina and Alexandr Dolgopolov are yet to win a mixed doubles during the tournament. He dropped the second set but Dimitrov did not serve well enough in the decider and Federer took advantage to win 6-4, 6-7 (4/7), 6-4.

Australian star Nick Kyrgios thrashed Kenny De Schepper 6-4, 6-4 in 56 minutes to give Australia Green a 1-0 advantage.

Needing a clean sweep to have any chance of reaching Saturday’s showpiece, Heather Watson beat Sabine Lisicki and Andy Murray saw off Alexander Zverev in their singles matches before joining forces to win the doubles rubber – all three wins coming in straight sets.

The second set was more comfortable for world number 55 Watson as she broke Lisicki twice to seal a third career win over her former training partner.

After completing his Hopman Cup duties, Kyrgios will compete in the Fast4 Tennis event in Sydney on Monday, before heading to Melbourne for the Kooyong Classic.

However, after a few nervous moments, Kyrgios and Gavrilova came good in the mixed doubles match tiebreak, holding their nerve when it mattered most.

“It’s great to get matches in”, he said.

The result set up a tense finale to a thrilling tie and the Australian pair got off to the best possible start by clinching the opening set.