Rome: Laura Robson overcame strong winds to beat Venus Williams 6-3, 6-2 at the Italian Open on Monday and set up a second-round match with top-ranked Serena Williams.
Both players struggled with the wind at the Foro Italico, with Robson hitting eight double-faults and Venus six, although Venus' errors came at more inopportune times, notably two double-faults in the final game.
Robson, who at No. 39 is ranked 15 spots below Venus, is a former Wimbledon junior champion from Britain. Serena, who won the Madrid Open on Sunday, watched the match from the stands.
Also on the red clay, Sabine Lisicki of Germany eliminated American qualifier Mallory Burdette 6-1, 6-2; and Italian wild card Nastassja Burnett defeated 2008 finalist Alize Cornet of France 6-2, 6-2....
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08:34 PM, May 13, 2013
Madrid: Britain's Laura Robson and Spain's Carla Suarez Navarro conjured up big first-round upset victories at the Madrid Open when they surprised fourth seed Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland and ninth-seeded Australian Samantha Stosur on Monday. Robson, the world number 41, thumped Radwanska 6-3 6-1 on the clay at the Magic Box arena and 23rd-ranked Suarez Navarro ousted Stosur 7-6 6-2 to delight the home crowd with her seventh career victory...
09:43 AM, May 07, 2013
Osaka: Top-seeded Sam Stosur of Australia moved into the Japan Open semi-finals with a 6-2, 6-4 victory over Jamie Hampton of the United States on Friday. Stosur, the 2011 U.S. Open champion, broke her unseeded opponent's serve seven times in the quarterfinal while never facing a break point herself. Stosur, ranked ninth in the world, will meet Kai-chen Chang of Taiwan on Saturday, after the unseeded Chang ousted eighth-seeded Laura...
05:56 PM, Oct 12, 2012
New York: Defending champion Sam Stosur ended the giant-killing run of 18-year-old Briton Laura Robson with a hard-fought 6-4, 6-4 win in the fourth round of the U.S. Open on Sunday. The Australian came from a break down to win the first set and held off a late fight-back by Robson in the second to advance to the last eight after one hour, 38 minutes. Robson saved eight match points...
08:40 AM, Sep 03, 2012
New York: British teenager Laura Robson faces a former Grand Slam champion in her next match at the US Open, which shouldn't feel the least bit intimidating. Not after she beat four-time major winner Kim Clijsters and 2011 French Open champ Li Na in three days. Next up is Sam Stosur, the defending champion at Flushing Meadows. "She's obviously full of confidence and had two very, very good wins," Stosur...
01:46 AM, Sep 01, 2012
New York: Preparing for what she knew would be her last professional tennis tournament, Kim Clijsters " four-time Grand Slam title winner and mother of 4-year-old Jada " devoted her effort and energy to the US Open. Family time needed to wait a tad longer. "She was like, 'Why don't you come with us to go out, go for a walk?' I'm like, 'Mama's almost done'," Clijsters said on Wednesday...
08:35 AM, Aug 30, 2012
London: The Belarusian pair of Victoria Azarenka and Max Mirnyi held their nerve in a tiebreak for the gold medal to beat Britain's Andy Murray and Laura Robson on Sunday. Murray was angling for his second gold of the day after beating Roger Federer to win the men's singles, but he and Robson were defeated 2-6, 6-3, 10-8 on a tiebreak by Mirnyi and women's world No. 1 Azarenka. The...
03:03 AM, Aug 06, 2012
