Laura Robson Tennis - News & Photos

Laura Robson has beaten Sally Peers of Australia 6-3 6-2 in 61 minutes. Sally Peers, three years older than Laura, struggled to cope with Laura’s big serve and heavy ground strokes. Laura will play Quirine Lemoine of the Netherlands in round three. Laura is the only British girl left in the junior event following Alexandra Walker and Stephanie Cornish exits on Tuesday.

Laura Robson was beaten today in her Wimbledon senior debut 3-6 6-4 6-2 by Daniela Hantuchova. She led during the first set and a half and even had a break in the second set against Hantuchova to lead 3-2. Some unforced errors and double faults cost Laura dearly though and she found herself losing confidence and consequently, points. Hantuchova took the second set and then set up a commanding lead in the third to finally win 3-6 6-4 6-2.

Laura’s play in the first set and a half was extremely good though, and it really looked like she could win the match at times! She’ll be back next week to defend her Junior Title.

Laura Robson has been given a wild card for Wimbledon even though her world ranking is below the Lawn Tennis Association’s cut-off point of 250 for such awards. Laura says she is “just going to have to deal with” the heightened public expectation of playing at Wimbledon.

“From the sounds of it, there is going to be quite a lot of pressure on me,” Robson said. “I don’t know what I am going to do but all I can do is go on court and try my best. Win or lose, if I have tried my best then I cannot be unhappy.”

Laura Robson was beaten today by Sandra Zaniewska of Poland 7-6, 1-6, 6-3 after one hour and 54 minutes. Zaniewska led from the back of the court despite a valiant comeback from Laura. She was beaten in a tense final set.

After the match, Laura said “Once you get the ball it’s hard to know where to hit it because if you hit it short, she (Zaniewska) is going to read it so you have to think about where you are going to hit it as you are running and hitting the ball.

“By the final set I was extremely tired of running.”

Laura will now find out next Monday if she has done well enough to earn a main draw Wildcard for Wimbledon 2009.