Petrova and Tursunov gave Russia the trophy for the first time
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Top seeds Russia beat second seeds Spain to win the Hopman Cup for the first time in Perth.
Nadia Petrova beat Spain's Anabel Medina Garrigues to put Russia 1-0 up.
World number six Petrova showed no signs of the side strain injury which had troubled her earlier in the week as she won 6-0 6-4.
Dmitry Tursunov then gave the Russian team an unassailable lead by seeing off Tommy Robredo 6-4 7-5 with just the mixed doubles rubber remaining.
"It is really nice for our country," said Tursunov, who helped Russia win their second Davis Cup recently.
"After Fed Cup and Davis Cup, I don't know if there are any more to win."
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