http://www.laurarobsonfans.co.uk A fansite for British tennis sensation Laura Robson Sat, 29 Nov 2008 17:59:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Laura Robson has successfully made it through to the final three contenders for the BBC's Young Sports Personality of the Year award. The two other contenders who made it through were Tom Daley, Olympic diver and last year’s winner, and Paralympic double gold medallist in swimming, Eleanor Simmonds. It'll be tough ... http://www.laurarobsonfans.co.uk/2008/11/29/laura-through-to-final-3-of-bbc-young-sports-personality-award Laura Robson has made it through to the final 10 nominees for this year's BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year Award. Proving how tough it was to get shortlisted this year is the fact there are 4 Olympians among the nominees. A panel chaired by BBC Sport presenter John Inverdale ... http://www.laurarobsonfans.co.uk/2008/11/15/laura-robson-nominated-for-bbc-young-sports-personality-of-the-year-award Over the past couple of days I've been busy adding more pictures of Laura Robson to our gallery. All new/updated images are clearly marked and will be for a period of one week. Updated images by the way are simply images which we already had, but have now been updated ... http://www.laurarobsonfans.co.uk/2008/11/12/more-laura-robson-pictures-added-to-the-gallery Laura won the first of what will surely be many senior singles' titles yesterday after beating fellow British junior Samantha Vickers 6-3 6-2 in the final of a $10k event in Sunderland, England. With this title in hand Laura should move well inside the top 500 this week, so keep ... http://www.laurarobsonfans.co.uk/2008/11/10/laura-wins-first-senior-title-in-sunderland The Fortis Championships have not been good for Laura Robson in terms of winning. She played in the doubles tournament today partnering Argentina's Gisela Dulko. The pair got off to a bad start being broken in the first game, and losing the set quickly. Laura and Gisela struck back in ... http://www.laurarobsonfans.co.uk/2008/10/23/laura-and-gisela-out-of-luxembourg-doubles French Open champion Ana Ivanovic has told BBC Sport she thinks Laura is great and has a lot of potential in her game, and has a few words of advice for her: "I think she's great, she has so much potential and she's only 14 and hits the ball really, really ... http://www.laurarobsonfans.co.uk/2008/10/22/ana-ivanovics-thoughts-on-laura-robson Laura Robson has been knocked out of the Fortis Championships in Luxembourg in her first round match against Iveta Benesova. Laura made an impressive start to the game and easily won the first set 6-1 after just 20 minutes. The Czech player who is over 10 years older than Laura ... http://www.laurarobsonfans.co.uk/2008/10/21/laura-out-of-luxembourg-despite-great-start The draw for the Fortis Championships in Luxembourg was released today, and it was revealed that Laura will be making her WTA debut against Iveta Benesova of the Czech Republic, ranked #42 in the world. 25-year-old Benesova has won one WTA title in Acapulco back in 2004. Should Laura ... http://www.laurarobsonfans.co.uk/2008/10/20/fortis-championship-draw-released Laura Robson entered at #550 in the world rankings for the WTA tour yesterday. Head over to the official WTA tour site to see the table. In terms of national rankings, Laura's entry currently makes her the British number 13 (out of 29 players). http://www.laurarobsonfans.co.uk/2008/10/14/laura-ranked-550-in-the-world The Independent has published a nice article about Laura's ever-increasing rise in the world of tennis, due to her continued success in recent tournaments. It's a pretty lengthy article and is quite an interesting read, discussing her recent games, her fame, and her home education. Check it out at Independent.co.uk. In ... http://www.laurarobsonfans.co.uk/2008/10/11/the-rise-and-rise-of-laura-robson