November 17, 2022 Former British No 1 Laura Robson has taken the next step in her tennis journey after accepting the role as Tournament Director at next year's Rothesay Open in Nottingham. 10 seed Maria Kirilenko, whom she beat in straight sets. She later attributed her loss to Pervak's greater consistency,[28] and her coach Bok said that "everybody has to be patient". 2014 - Played just two matches in left wrist injury-marred season (finishing No.951); struggles began in Australia - withdrew from Auckland, retired in Hobart 1r then fell 1r at Australian Open (l. to Flipkens, 63 60); subsequently missed all events rest of season (withdrew from Acapulco, Indian Wells, Miami, Monterrey, Bogot, Marrakech, Strasbourg, Roland Garros and Wimbledon). In the doubles Laura Robson was given a wildcard to play with Lisa Raymond. "[14] Robson also began training at the National Tennis Centre,[13] under the guidance of Bok, Maes, and the head of women's tennis at the centre, Nigel Sears,[14] while taking school lessons at home. Great Britain had been without grass-court success for so many years in the pre-Andy Murray era that even a junior victory was plastered all over the newspapers and television screens. And just the fact that its taken [the PTPA] this long to come up with a player counsel, shows you how tough it is. Posting pictures of herself smiling in a red polka dot bikini, the Australia-born star wrote: "Me looking at the London forecast. [15], After working with several coaches, including the head of the Lawn Tennis Association Carl Maes, she chose coach Martijn Bok in 2007. I think Im always going to have the feeling that I could have done more, unfortunately. Kerber, 20, the world No 143, was in the top 70 . I can now be much more open and positive about how things ended. [95] She subsequently lost to former world No. Despite starting strongly, Robson tired, losing the match in three sets. In mixed doubles, she won a silver medal at the 2012 London Olympics playing with Andy Murray, with whom she also reached the 2010 Hopman Cup final. You can have great rallies and even if you are not a tennis player, your level can come up quite quickly. Immediately after Wimbledon, Robson entered the Palermo Open where she reached her first ever WTA Tour semifinal. Twenty-two-time slam winner is unvaccinated. , Tennis Correspondent. Respected LTA Tournament Director Rebecca James will remain a key figure in the organisation of the Nottingham event, while also overseeing the operational delivery of both the Rothesay Open and Rothesay International Eastbourne. Straight-set victories over Jang Su-jeong,[citation needed] Isabella Shinikova[114] and Tatjana Maria[115] gained her entry to the main draw of the tournament, losing in the first round to fellow Brit Naomi Broady, 76, 36, 46. [98] Laura moved into the second round faced with the world No. [55] She also received a wildcard for the Rosmalen Open but was beaten by Dominika Cibulkov in the first round. She lost to top-seed Daria Gavrilova, in straight sets. She was last in action at an ITF tournament in 2019. After winning a scrappy first set, Robson powered through the second at love. Serena Williams. You can control which additional cookies we use in the settings below: We have necessary cookies, which always need to be turned on to help our website function and enable you to use all of our features. Padels rise in popularity has been promoted by prominent supporters like football superstar David Beckham and Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp, with former British No 1 Annabel Croft telling Tennis365 that she believes the sport that is hugely popular in Spain is ready to explode in the UK. Robson lost her second match against Paula Ormaechea in three sets.[94]. ADDITIONAL Robson's world ranking at this point was 511. It must seem like that to British tennis fans, after they learned this week that Laura Robson has followed Andy Murray in having hip problems so severe that she will have to undergo a third hip operation at some point in the near future. [80] Robson consequently reached the third round of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time in her career and joined Serena Williams, Lindsay Davenport, Venus Williams, Amlie Mauresmo and Justine Henin as one of the only six people to beat Clijsters at the US Open championships, and the first player to beat her there since 2003. Robson told Standard Sport: I am just back on court recently, so I dont want to rush it. She has since taken a break from the court to escape to Noosa Heads in Queensland, where Robson wowed fans on Instagram. Laura Robson definitely has a future in tennis. [84], Robson qualified for the main draw of the China Open after defeating Garbie Muguruza and Johanna Larsson and reached the second round but she lost to Lourdes Domnguez Lino in straight sets. The following week, she lost in the first round of the Burnie International to world No. 16/05/22 [45], On 17 October, Robson entered the qualifying draw at the Luxembourg Open. It is easy to forget that Robson is only 28 years old, because most people have known who she is for more than a decade. Laura Robson - the British player who won junior Wimbledon at 14 and an Olympic silver medal at 18 - has confirmed her retirement from tennis. Hes got a totally bionic hip now, so hes one-upped me there, but Ive had access to the same rehab programmes and physios as he has, so fingers crossed Im able to do the same., A post shared by Laura Robson (@laurarobson5), Reaction from STACKED Telford bill including first TAG TEAM boxing clash, Cherries take shock lead at Arsenal after 9 SECONDS with 'kick-off glitch', Watch Gyllenhaal and McGregor storm UFC 285 weigh-in to film Roadhouse scene, Moment Aston Villa's Leon Bailey inhales 'laughing gas' after all night party, News Group Newspapers Limited in England No. Two years later and the British star was becoming a staple on the WTA Tour. She received a late place into the women's singles at the 2012 Olympics due to the withdrawal of Croatian Petra Marti. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Laura Robson (@laurarobson5) In 2013, Bouchard claimed her first top-50 with a victory over close friend Laura Robson at the Family Circle Cup, backing that win up by beating Australia's Samantha Stosur to secure her her maiden top-10 victory. In her first match, she defeated Sophie Ferguson of Australia. [97], Robson started her US Open Series campaign on 30 July 2013 at the Southern California Open in Carlsbad being drawn against Ayumi Morita, whom she beat having come back from a set down in two hours and 40 minutes. Robson came back after losing the first set to beat Kvitov in a three-hour match, to set up a third-round meeting with Sloane Stephens. [86], In October, Robson was nominated for the Sports Journalists' Association Sportswoman of the Year. Due to her focusing on her senior career, Robson entered the US Open unseeded. Becoming a dominant force on tour, Robson beat Venus Williams, Petra Kvitova and world No.4 Agnieszka Radwaska throughout another brilliant season. It is. But towards the end of the year, Robson began to struggle with a wrist injury which would force her to miss much of the 2014 and 2015 seasons. Along with her job commentating for TV, she will also be a tournament director for the first time this summer, running the grass-court event in Nottingham after shadowing similar roles in 2022, and also has a job working for the All England Club (AELTC), fostering international player relations as part of the professional tennis team. In October 2013, it was announced that Miles Maclagan's coaching partnership with Laura had ended and that she would be taking a couple of weeks out and starting the search for a new coach. ", [Murrays] got a totally bionic hip now, so hes one-upped me there, but Ive had access to the same programmes so fingers crossed Im able to do the same, Katie Boulter replied: "It's a yes from me", and one more fan said "Cheered up my drizzly Friday.". Former junior Wimbledon champion and Olympic silver medallist, Laura Robson, has today announced that she has retired from professional tennis. She beat world No. Dynamic duo Robson and Murray made it all the way to the final but would eventually finish runners-up after losing a nail-biting mixed doubles clash against Spains Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez and Tommy Robredo. She retired from professional tennis on May 16, 2022, at the age of 28. She has a career-high doubles ranking of No. Finalist (1): 2012 - Guangzhou. [112] Here she made a reasonable effort in her first round but lost to Magdalna Rybrikov who subsequently went on to reach the quarterfinals of the event. [128], In March, Robson teamed up with Fanny Stollr to win the doubles at the ITF event in Yokohama. It will be brilliant to return to Nottingham as Tournament Director for the Rothesay Open. In the first round, she defeated world No. She was named WTA Newcomer of the Year for 2012 and reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. At the US Open, Robson returned after intensive rehab on her wrist injury and began her campaign against Spain's Lourdes Domnguez Lino, whom she had lost to twice previously. [92] Following this success, she went on to lose two successive matches, losing to Daniela Hantuchov in Doha and to wildcard Yulia Putintseva in Dubai. She continued to struggle with form throughout the latter half of the season post-Wimbledon, losing eleven matches and winning just seven on the ITF Circuit, including a loss in the first round of the qualifying draw at the US Open to world No. Robson went under the knife again later that year and for a third time last January and has now admitted defeat in her efforts to continue her tennis career. . [85] She reached the quarterfinals before losing to Chang Kai-chen in three sets, but the result ensured that she finished the year with a ranking of 53. Facing third seed Ksenia Pervak from Russia,[27] Robson was defeated in straight sets. It gave me a reason to get it out there, which I feel was much needed. After taking three-months rest from the tour, Robson underwent surgery on her left wrist in April. The 25-year-old left-handed Brit, who made the world's top 30 as a. Born in Australia, at 18 months relocated to Singapore, moved to UK at age 6 . You hear more and more people talking about it. Her wrist continued to affect her at the Australian Open, where Kirsten Flipkens defeated her in straight sets. Who gets your vote? 2015 - Missed first five and a half months of season w/left wrist injury (incl. But increasingly that may not be as easy as it sounds. Thats not to disagree with anything that theyre saying, but its very hard in a sport that has seven different governing bodies to get anything through. [75] She also competed in the doubles competition with Heather Watson, losing in the first round to the German pairing of Angelique Kerber and Sabine Lisicki. Robson was the defending champion at Wimbledon, but she fell in the second round to Quirine Lemoine. All information about the cookies we use and why we use them are in our Cookie Policy. [71] However, her run came to an end when she lost in the semifinals to Barbora Zhlavov-Strcov in three sets. 102 for doubles. Robson won just four senior main draw matches in her whole career at Wimbledon, losing in the first round six times, and her WTA ranking peaked at No 27. In 2010 she joined up with British No.1 and then world No.4, Andy Murray, to represent Great Britain at the Hopman Cup the mixed-gender international team tennis event. It was another fantastic year for Robson representing Great Britain on the international stage. Finalist (2): 2017 - Nottingham (w/Rae); 2013 - Miami (w/Raymond). Robson started her 2014 season at the Hobart International, where she had to retire in her first round match against Yanina Wickmayer due to a left wrist injury. [42] She faced former world No. It can engage with people who might find tennis too difficult and thats the beauty of padel. [106] Robson planned to return at the $25k tournament at Surprise, Arizona, but delayed her return and did not enter another ITF event in February. In an interview with BBC Sport discussing her retirement and looking back on her career, Robson said: It feels weird to say out loud, but I'm done, I'm retired. 100, Simona Halep. Speaking after her historic victory on Court One, Robson said: Being Wimbledon girls' champion sounds really good. I think Ive taken my time and not rushed into anything which is better.. 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[12], According to her parents, she began playing tennis "as soon as she could hold a tennis racquet",[13] and after being encouraged by them, she entered a junior tennis academy at age seven. We all saw him quite soon after his surgery, to where he is now, and you can see after every match the improvement that hes making as well where you just get more used to it. It would have been weird to not be officially retired and play in that. For today's tennis schedule and results visit our tennis live score page. The following season she reached the last 16 at Wimbledon and achieved her highest ranking of 27. Robson burst on the scene in 2008 as one of the most exciting young British tennis prospects in years, becoming the first Brit to lift the junior Wimbledon title since 1984 (Annabel Croft) at the age of 14. A post shared by Laura Robson (@laurarobson5). Laura Robson. Robson first underwent hip surgery in July 2018, returning to the match. 2010 - Reached 2r once; fell 1r four times (incl. In the semifinals she faced a replay of her Wimbledon final, against top seed Tara Flanagan,[26] whom she beat in straight sets to reach her second Grand Slam junior final. To begin the grass-court season, Robson entered the Birmingham Classic where she was seeded seventh. In the first round of Wimbledon, Robson lost to Francesca Schiavone in three sets.[69]. Laura Robson says she is happy with her game ahead of her Wimbledon first-round meeting with Francesca Schiavone on Tuesday. who spoke to Tennis365 during Wimbledon about the challenges of coming to terms with retirement from tennis. [127] She did, however, play in the first round of the women's doubles draw with CoCo Vandeweghe, which they lost in straight sets. In the second she defeated former US Open champion Kim Clijsters in Clijsters' final singles match before her retirement. It really feels like the game is on an upward curve. Robson came through three rounds of qualifying at the Australian Open, beating Melanie Oudin, Anna Floris and Olga Savchuk to advance to the main draw for the first time. It is very similar skills to tennis because of all the volleying and the touch and feel. In the second round, the pair beat the Australian duo of Lleyton Hewitt and Samantha Stosur,[77] and reached the final by beating Germans Sabine Lisicki and Christopher Kas,[78] where they were beaten by the Belarusian pair Victoria Azarenka and Max Mirnyi.[79]. Crowning off her breakout season on tour, Robson was named WTA Newcomer of the Year at the annual awards. March 3, 2023. The 28-year-old who rose as high as 27 in the WTA rankings and reached the fourth round at both Wimbledon and the US Open retires following a long-standing battle with injuries throughout her career. Seeded seventh, her first senior seeding, she reached the quarterfinals. Robson later won her first WTA match since her injury in 2013 by beating Klra Koukalov, 62, 63 in the qualifying of Stuttgart. She reached her first WTA final at the Guangzhou Open and finished the season just outside the worlds top 50. She made her return to WTA events by using her protected ranking to enter Indian Wells. The 25-year-old had hip surgeryin the summer of 2018 and saw a February comeback stall after revealing her ambition to be part of Great Britains Fed Cup team next year. other three majors) and in qualifying four times; made Top 100 debut on June 25 (after Eastbourne; rose from No.111 to No.97); also won silver medal at Olympics in mixed doubles (w/A.Murray). She followed this with her first victory at the Australian Open with a convincing straight sets victory over Melanie Oudin. [82] Robson was eventually defeated, having saved five championship points in the second set and despite taking a 30 lead in the third set. Robson has been working with the LTA on developing her knowledge of event operations and tournament management over the past 18 months. At that point, she had also won six ITF events. As a top tennis player, Laura Robson surely enjoys the sporting bragging rights in her family. However, she lost her next match in qualifying to Ocane Dodin in straight sets. She beat Nina Bratchikova and Vitalia Diatchenko. Robson and Murray defeated Russia to advance to the finals. Her next tournament was at Miami. US Open chiefs have joined Indian Wells and Miami organisasers by making a public call for Djokovic to be allowed to play in America. To start the Canadian Open in Toronto, Robson was due to play Yanina Wickmayer on 5 August 2013 in her opening match, but had to pull out due to a wrist injury. [9], Robson was born on 21 January 1994 in Melbourne, the third child of Australian parents Andrew, an oil executive with Shell,[10] and Kathy Robson, a sports coach and former professional basketball player. 3 MINUTE READ. View our online Press Pack. I am a positive and a critical thinker who strives to achieve the optimum standard and possibly be the best. 1, Ana Ivanovic, in the next round, having led 52 in the final set. In singles tennis, Robson was the first British woman since Samantha Smith at Wimbledon in 1998 to reach the fourth round of a Grand Slam tournament, doing so at the 2012 US Open and the 2013 Wimbledon Championships. The 28-year-old will be taking up the role of Tournament Director at the Rothesay Open and also at an additional combined ITF event planned for April 2023. She lost to 13th seed Jelena Jankovi in the first round. She went on to face the 12th seed, Tamaryn Hendler, who she defeated in straight sets. Daniil Medvedev has enjoyed having his daughter with him on tour. By continuing to browse our website, you agree to our use of cookies. [131], After missing the entire 2020 and 2021 seasons following continuous injuries and multiple hip surgeries, Robson announced her retirement from the sport shortly before the 2022 French Open. Robson had direct entry to the main draw of the US Open from her WTA ranking, where she defeated Samantha Crawford in the first round. [129] As a former player in the event and now looking at it through an operational lens, I have a whole new appreciation of the work that goes into delivering a world-class tournament and cant wait to get started on preparations for 2023.. Born in Australia, at 18 months relocated to Singapore, moved to UK at age 6 . She made her debut on the ITF Junior Circuit in 2007. [19] Her victory made her the first British player to win the girls' event since Annabel Croft in 1984, and the British media described her as the "new darling" of British tennis,[21] and the "Queen of Wimbledon". Williams, 40, announced her plan Tuesday on Vogue magazine's website. British Fed Cup Team, 2012-13; British Olympic Team, 2012. These cookies allow our website to remember the choices you make (such as your username, your preferred language or where you live) to give you a faster and more personalised experience when browsing. Daniil Medvedev had plenty to say about Stefanos Tsitsipas disrespect towards Andrey Rublev. "She does still have the biggest trophy of the family, which is very upsetting," jokes the 20 . 27, Roberta Vinci, in straight sets to reach her first ever WTA quarterfinal. Robson, who spoke to Tennis365 during Wimbledon about the challenges of coming to terms with retirement from tennis, took part in the Invitational event for ex-players at this years Championships at the All England Club. Rafael Nadals nearly 18-year streak in the top ten is ending. Daniil Medvedev handed Novak Djokovic his first defeat of the year and Andrey Rublev claimed his first win over Alexander Zverev. [40] After beating third seed Laura-Ioana Andrei in the quarterfinals, she also beat fellow Brits Tara Moore and Samantha Vickers in straight sets to win her first ITF title at the age of 14 years and 9 months.[40][41].

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