First off, apologies for the lack of recent updates on Laura Robson’s progress through the US Open. I’ve been incredibly busy with other projects and just haven’t had the time to keep the site updated. Now would probably be a good time for me to get some help in keeping the site updated, but more on the later, maybe…

Going back a couple of weeks now, you may have been aware that Laura was looking to qualify for the main draw of the US Open, unfortunately she fell at the final hurdle, losing to Eva Hrdinova of the Czech Republic.

This wasn’t the end for Laura’s US Open though, as she still had the girls’ tournament to compete in next week. She got off to a flying start, thrashing Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur 6-0 6-1, her opponent never really having a look in the game. Laura said it wasn’t a particularly interesting game, and afterwards said she was in fact more concerned at the level of calories in meals at US restaurants, looking at menus and saying “I can’t eat anything”.

Moving on to the second round, Laura faced seventh seed Lauren Embree. Laura lost a close opening set to the American, before coming back strong to overwhelm her opponent in the second. In the final set Laura came from 4-1 down in the final set to win 4-6 6-1 6-4.
There was one piece of bad news to come on this day though, Laura and Belarusian partner Anna Orlik lost 10-5 in a champions tie-break against Japanese pair Miyabi Inoue and Risa Ozaki, and are now out of the girls’ doubles.

Next up was the third round match against Tamaryn Hendler, the No.12 seed from Belgium. The match was played in front of a pretty large crowd, and some drama occurring at one point when Laura was given a time violation in the second set when waiting for the wind to die down. This didn’t affect her negatively though, as she want on to win 6-1 6-2, safely booking her quarter final place.

Bad weather has wreaked havoc with the schedule of play, and all yesterday’s matches were cancelled. So that’s all the updates for now. Keep an eye out for more as we await the result of Laura’s next match against American Lauren Davies.

Don’t forget to check out our Laura Robson pictures where you can now see photos of Laura in the US Open.