French Open - Robson reaches second round

Eurosport - Tue, 02 Jun 14:34:00 2009

Junior world number one Laura Robson booked her place in the second round of the girls' singles at the French Open with a 2-6 6-4 6-3 win over Russia's Karina Pimkina.

Britain's Laura Robson returns to Thailand's Noppawan Lertcheewakarn during their junior's semi-final match at the 2009 Australian Open - 0

The 15-year-old, who is the reigning Wimbledon girls' champion and finished runner-up at the Australian Open in January, dropped her serve twice in the opening set as she struggled to get to grips with the surface.

But the Melbourne-born Brit quickly bounced back, breaking in the eighth game of the second set before racing through the third to book a second round meeting with Poland's Sandra Zaniewska.

"I do like (clay) but obviously my game suits a faster surface," said Robson, who will sit one of her GCSEs in Paris during the tournament.

"I'm trying to change my game to suit clay more. But I don't like what it does to my socks!

"To be honest, my expectations aren't that high, I'm just going match by match and see how it goes."

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  1. beryll put it away luv.
    Nice one laura, tipping you all­ the way. Now you GO gurl!

    From sanchez.santos, on Tue 2 Jun 6:18PM
  2. bloody hell, beryll just made a mistake. leave her­ alone!
    anyways good luck laura!

    From ivanovic, on Tue 2 Jun 7:15AM
  3. Huh! comment 1! IDIOT!

    From WILCON, on Tue 2 Jun 6:03AM
  4. Wromg site darling

    From Nicholas, on Tue 2 Jun 4:07AM
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    WELL DONE ROGER, NOW GO FOR IT

    From beryll, on Mon 1 Jun 9:47PM
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