Former Wimbledon champion Pat Cash expects Wimbledon tennis prodigy Laura Robson to mark the moment she stops growing by accelerating her rise towards senior success.

The 16-year-old, who claimed the 2008 Junior Wimbledon crown, was defeated in the final of the Junior Australian Open for the second year in succession in January.

Robson’s results have seen her rise to eighth in the British rankings and 312 in the WTA world rankings – up more than 100 places on 12 months ago.

And Cash, who claimed the All England Club title in 1987, insists Robson’s rise will gain pace as soon as her body stabilises.

“I think she must very near to stopping growing now and I think that will be a big help,” said Cash, who is supporting the Barclays Ball Kids initiative.

“You are always having to adjust a little bit as you grow to make sure you are still working with your body.

“Once she stops growing, she can really start to iron out her technique and that won’t have to change too much after that.

“She’ll also be able to improve her movement because she’ll grow in confidence with her body once things stop changing.

“She hits the ball very well she has a good attitude and she also has a strong, stable partnership with her coach.

“I think that has helped her greatly and I think it will continue to help her because he knows her game very well now and they can just tweak the little things.”

Fellow Wimbledon tennis ace Ross Hutchins will travel as doubles reserve to Lithuania for the opening Europe/Africa Zone Group Two clash this weekend.

The 25-year-old is Britain’s leading doubles specialist and climbed to 10th in the world rankings after joining forces with Australian Jordan Kerr to reach the final of last month’s ATP event in Memphis.

But Cash fears Hutchins’s partnership with Aussie Kerr will always see him playing second fiddle to first-choice British duo Ken Skupski and Colin Fleming.

“Doubles is crucial in Davis Cup it is often what the tie is decided on so I think Britain would really like Colin and Ken to become a settled Davis Cup pair,” said Cash.

“Ross will have a tough task trying to break them up but he will get the experience of going with them and being part of the Davis Cup set-up.

“If you can build that solid doubles team, then you have a great platform to build your tie on.

“The singles matches are often very close and it is very common for them to be level so the doubles is often the tiebreaker.

“Andy Murray isn’t there but you can’t win a Davis Cup with just one guy, no matter how good they are.

“But, if you can assemble a squad of one world class player, two guys in the top 50 and a good doubles outfit then you have a real chance.”

Former Wimbledon champion Pat Cash is supporting the Barclays Ball Kids initiative, a national search to find 30 youngsters to be Ball Kids at the 2010 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in November. For more info visit barclaysballkids.com