Laura Robson wins first round of the Guangzhou International in China

GB Tennis star Laura Robson is carrying on her form into China winning her first match of the Guangzhou International tournament

Laura Robson beats Maria Teresa Torro in the
Guangzhou International first round.

Laura Robson has entered the Guangzhou International in China following her more than impressive showing in the US Open putting Kim Clijsters into retirement and defeating French Open winner, Li Na. Laura Robson reached the last 16 where she unfortunately got knocked out by the US Open 2011 winner, Sam Stosur. The 18-year-old exceeded expectations in the US Open she overtook Heather Watson in her WTA Rankings to be the number one women’s tennis player in Britain. The Olympic mixed doubles silver medallist is now ranked 74th in the world, one place ahead of Heather Watson.

Robson has now entered China's Guangzhou International and she won her first-round match 6-2 3-1 as her opponent Maria Teresa Torro retired in the second game. Robson was dominating Torro and she is clearly growing as a player and getting stronger the more matches she plays and the more she trains. Having forced Maria Teresa Torro to retire in the second game of the first-round match, Robson will play either second seed Zheng Jie or Chinese Taipei's Yung-Jan Chan in the second round of the Guangzhou International, which also features France's world number 10 Marion Bartoli as the top seed.

Robson is looking to tally up as many WTA points as she can ahead of the new tennis year, before the Australian Open gets underway. The world’s top 108 players receive an automatic place in the draw for the Australian Open therefore Robson will try and be as high in the rankings as possible so she doesn’t have to go through qualifiers. Robson is still young and she is improving as a tennis player, she might not win the Australian Open now but she definitely has the potential to be a Grand Slam winner in the future.

Author Daniel Foster.
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