Spain claimed its third Hopman Cup title as Tommy Robredo and Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez combined to beat Britain's Andy Murray and Laura Robson 7-6 (6), 7-5 in mixed doubles Saturday. The Spanish pair broke Robson's serve in the deciding game. It came after Robson won her first singles match of the week, 6-1, 7-6 (6) over Martinez Sanchez, to give Britain an early 1-0 lead. Robredo squared the final by winning his fourth straight singles match of the tournament, 1-6, 6-4, 6-3 to hand Murray his first loss in singles. It was also the first loss of the week for Murray and Robson in mixed doubles. In the mixed doubles decider, Spain twice went up a break in the first set, but Britain broke back both times in the next game, including when Martinez Sanchez was serving for the set at 6-5. In the tiebreaker, Spain saved three set points and won five points in a row overall to claim the opening set. In his singles match, Murray converted just two of 11 break points and committed 29 unforced errors. Cilic vs. Wawrinka final In India, defending champion Marin Cilic continued his winning streak against Janko Tipsarevic to enter the final of the $400,000 ATP Chennai Open Saturday. The world No. 14 from Croatia triumphed 6-1, 6-3 in a semifinal lasting 84 minutes to record his fourth successive win against the 38th-ranked Serbian. The second-seeded Cilic takes on third seed Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland in Sunday's final. The 21st-ranked Wawrinka fought off a tough challenge from No. 43 Dudi Sela of Israel before winning the baseline slugfest 6-4, 2-6, 7-5 in two hours and 32 minutes of absorbing tennis.
