the 1a time major winner pulled out of this month's dubai desert classic before the second round with the injury. he only returned to action in december after two back operations. great britain will face second seeds croatia in the fed cup promotion play—off tomorrow. their place was sealed after lativa beat portugal in britain's group which meant gb will top group c having won all three ties under new captain anne keothavong. turkey were the latest team to be defeated withjohanna konta and heather watson earning singles victories before laura robson and jocelyn rae won the doubles. right now i'm very happy. that was not easy. to come through that and to have the opportunity to go to the play—off tomorrow, i'm very happy indeed. barry hawkins is into the final of snooker‘s world grand prix in preston. he eased past liang wenbo of china 6—1 — finishing in style with a break of 127. he'll now face either marco fu or ryan day on sunday. that's all from sportsday.