Born in our sporting rival country Australia. But nurtured into a tennis talent in Great Britain.
Laura Robson shot to fame with her Junior Championships title at the tender age of just 14. Three years on since her triumph at Wimbledon she is back and on the professional tour and her first round match was against a former top 100 in Angelique Kerber on which she showed great determination and skill to come up trumps 4-6 7-6 6-3 and now looks forward to a mouth-watering round two match against Maria Sharapova, anyone else backing the Brit for an upset?
Her poise and power shown in the first round match was astonishing in which she was able to conjure up numerous baseline winners against her opponent leaving her defenceless at times. A part of her game however that seemed to be exploited her opponent was simply her lack of experience in some loss in concentration but with time on her side that will no doubt come along nicely into her game.
In the three years since her triumph at Wimbledon she has climbed an astonishing 305 places to 254th in the world and will clearly be following this climb down the rankings with time on her side. A first massive test for Laura Robson comes in the shape of Maria Sharapova, a former world number 1, and although she may be feeling slight nerves about that prospect she is surely looking forward to the feeling if she is able to cause a huge upset.
Laura Robson is flying the Great British flag for the women that aspire to make it as a tennis professional and at the age of just 17 she is setting a fine example to any young girl, or boy even, to make the progress she has shown in her short career so far. What's next to come for the young Briton? A long and illustrious career I am sure.
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