Laura Robson’s excellent winning streak came to an end today with Estonia’s Maret Ani ending her hopes of winning the LTA tournament in Shrewsbury. Laura put up a good fight to come back and win the second set, but Ani dominated the third and final set to eventually win 6-2 3-6 6-0. Maret Ani will go on to play Roberta Vinci of Italy in the final. Laura needs to play just one more professional tournament now to get a world ranking - we’ll be sure to keep you up to date with news on her progress.
Laura is still going strong in the Shrewsbury $75k. Tonight she defeated her Israeli opponent Tzipi Obziler, seeded 4th, in just over an hour, winning 6-3 6-3.
Robson said: “I am very pleased with the way I played. “My coach Martijn Bok and I talked through the game plan before I went on and it obviously worked.
Unseeded Robson will be up against #2 seed Maret Ani from Estonia in the semi-final.
Laura Robson is through to the quarter finals at Shrewsbury, her second tournament this year, with a great win over Urszula Radwanska of Poland, 6-3 6-3, earlier tonight.
Laura will go on to play #4 seed Tzipi Obziler of Israel in the quarter finals. Prize money for the tournament stands at $75,000.
Laura will need to play one more tournament after this one to obtain a world ranking.
A few pictures from various online newspapers have now been added to our Shrewsbury 2008 gallery.
Laura Robson marked her first senior match in her home country today with a win over British number eight Sarah Borwell 7-6 (7-4) 2-6 6-3 at the LTA tournament in Shrewsbury.
Laura will have a tough match in the next round as she goes on to play Urzula Radwanska of Poland. Laura
Some unfortunate news for Robson fans… Laura has been forced to pull out of her second-round match against Marina Melnikova of Russia at the $10,000 Limoges tournament in France with a shoulder injury. She was 2-4 down in the first set.
Laura has made a great start to the $10,000 challenger at Limoges, winning her first match of the main draw. She beat Italy’s Alice Balducci of Italy 6-7 7-5 6-4 and will go on to play #2 seed Marina Melnikova of Russia in the second round.
Laura made her debut on the adult women’s tour this week in France. Laura is playing the $10,000 event in Limoges, France and has qualified for the main draw by first defeating Anna Naumova of Ukraine 6-1 6-3, then followed that up with an impressive win over #2 seed Alize Lim of France 6-2 6-0.
Laura will play Alice Balducci of Italy in her first proper match in the main draw of the tournament.
