Dan Cox got to 7-7 in the 3rd, lost his serve, his opponent raced to 40-0, got 3 MPs, Dan saved them all, now 8-7 to Thomas and deuce on his serve!

Naomi Broady is a break up in the 3rd.

Cox lost 9-7...

Amazes me how he can easily beat top 300 players and push the likes of Nishikori, and then goes and has some bad losses in the junior ranks against players he should beat.

I know it's probably more worthwhile him playing senior events, but he really should be doing better at the junior slams than he is, so either he's not as talented as we think he is and the wins at senior level are flukes, or he hasn't got the motivation to play junior slams, which is simply wrong.

There is the argument that he shouldn't be playing these events, but if he's good enough then he should go and win the thing and get a main draw WC for next year. And last year, Donald Young played and won this event, when he was top 300 in the world, so it may have been pointless for him to play it, but after winning it he went on a great run in the US challengers and was in the top 100 at the end of year - so playing it gave him the confidence to go and win matches on the senior circuit.

Great win for Robson though, and she looks to a very talented player, and winning matches like that means she seems ready for the WTA circuit, and should do seriously well at the junior slams

Laura Robson def. Melanie Oudin 61, 63

Q. What was the difference between last week and this week?

LAURA ROBSON: I think since I lost last week, I like knew how to play her almost because I knew what she was going to do when she started losing and stuff.

So this time I just stayed with my game plan a lot more.

Q. You were born in Australia?

LAURA ROBSON: Yes.

Q. Why did the family move to Britain?

LAURA ROBSON: Because I moved to Singapore when I was about 18 months old for my dad's work, and for the same reason we moved to England.

Q. What is his career?

LAURA ROBSON: I'm not actually that sure. He works at Shell.

Q. You said you knew what she was going to do when she was losing. What did you mean by that?

LAURA ROBSON: Last week I won the first set and she started hitting a lot more defensive shots, slice, attacking her forehand just when I would hit it like half a meter short.

So this time I was ready for that. And then, yeah.

Q. What pleased you most about your attacking game today?

LAURA ROBSON: I don't know. It was just really consistent. And then I served a lot better than last week, as well.

Q. Watching your match with John Evert, and he was saying, This girl reminds me of somebody. I said, Could it be Chris Evert? He said, Yes. She reminds me a lot of my sister, the way she moves around the court. Do you find that an impressive compliment?

LAURA ROBSON: Yes, it's quite nice. I think everyone would like to be compared to her because she was like so good. That's really nice of him.

Q. You are living in England now or are you based in Florida?

LAURA ROBSON: No, I live in London. I live in Wimbledon, actually, about five minute's walk away. So I walked here this morning, and I train at the national center.

Q. How was the atmosphere on Court 7 for you? Quite a few people around.

LAURA ROBSON: It was really good. There were like so many people supporting me, lots of British fans, so it was just a really good atmosphere.

Q. Have you found a difference that people are becoming aware of you?

LAURA ROBSON: Well, I think there was a couple people that watched me yesterday as well that came to watch again today.

Q. What do you think the key was to winning? Do you think it was your backhand down the line?

LAURA ROBSON: I don't know. I think I was just really focused and I knew what I had to do to win, so I just kept on doing that.

Q. Is Olga Morozova coaching you?

LAURA ROBSON: No. She used to, and I'm coached by a Dutch person, Martijn Bok.

Q. At one time was she coaching you?

LAURA ROBSON: Yeah, last year for a period she was coaching me.

Q. It was very hot out there, so hot that one of the fans fainted. You barely seemed to break a sweat.

LAURA ROBSON: Well, I've been to Florida and all these hot places, so I'm used to the weather quite a bit.

Q. You're doing a lot of fitness training as well?

LAURA ROBSON: I do about an hour a day, at least.

Q. What were you more nervous about, the match or coming in here?

LAURA ROBSON: I think it's pretty even, yeah (smiling).

Q. Obviously now people are going to start to know you and want to talk to you and find out about you. Are you prepared for everything that will come?

LAURA ROBSON: Yeah, I mean, it's part of the process really. Like moving from juniors to seniors you start getting more attention.

Q. Have you talked to anyone about that, about how to handle things?

LAURA ROBSON: I've had a slight bit of media training. So the more I do it, the more confident I'm getting with it.

Q. Who is giving you the media training?

LAURA ROBSON: Well, I just had a few discussions with a Sky Sports reporter. They were helping me with what I should be saying and what I shouldn't.

Q. You won the Eddie Herr tournaments?

LAURA ROBSON: Yes, 14s.

Q. Did you go to the Orange Bowl also?

LAURA ROBSON: Yes.

Q. What category did you play there?

LAURA ROBSON: 14s, and then I lost in the Round of 16.

Q. What is your plan going forward now? Are you going to aim full stretch for the US Open juniors?

LAURA ROBSON: I won't be able to play US Open juniors because I'm only allowed a certain number of tournaments this year.

So if I want to play Australian Open and the leadup tournaments for that I won't be able to play.

Q. Is that because of your age?

LAURA ROBSON: Yes.

Q. Any possibility for an exception?

LAURA ROBSON: I don't know. I haven't really looked into it that much.

Q. Were you surprised you were able to break her in that last game?

LAURA ROBSON: Yeah, I knew if I just kept returning well, and even if I didn't win that game, I knew that I could be able to serve it out. So there wasn't really any pressure to win that game, and I think that's why I returned that well.

Q. Was there a player you enjoyed watching that influenced the way you play?

LAURA ROBSON: Not really. I just try to play my own game. I used to watch Hingis a lot. I liked the way she played because it was so smart. I try to bring that into my tennis a bit, but it's just really my own game.

Q. Have you played any pro tournaments yet?

LAURA ROBSON: No. I turned 14 in January. At the end of this year I'm going to start playing 10,000s, 25,000s.

Q. Are you aware of the last great British woman player?

LAURA ROBSON: I believe that was Virginia Wade or someone quite a long time ago.

3 of the Brits are on Court 14 tomorrow, which is a televised court:

Court 14

1 Boys' Singles - 3rd Rnd.
Bernard Tomic (AUS)[1] v. Marcus Willis (GBR)[15]

2 Girls' Singles - 3rd Rnd.
Laura Robson (GBR) v. Lesley Kerkhove (NED)

3 Girls' Singles - 3rd Rnd.
Naomi Broady (GBR) v. Nikola Hofmanova (AUT)[12]


Court 19

1 Boys' Singles - 3rd Rnd.
Daniel Evans (GBR) v. Dane Propoggia (AUS)

also Court 7

2 Girls' Singles - 3rd Rnd.
Johanna Konta (AUS)[10] v. Polona Hercog (SLO)[5]

Polona Hercog has already beaten a number of players this year who featured in the women's main draw (including Anne Keothavong)

Lesley Kerkhove reached the semis at Roehampton last week, losing in 3 sets to Oudin, so will be a test for Laura.

-- Edited by DavidC at 21:53, 2008-07-01

-- Edited by DavidC at 23:24, 2008-07-01

I would expect them to be on one of the 5 BBCi streams (especially as they are now following Laura - an interview with her was shown on BBC2 this evening), but probably not one of the 2 streams available via Freeview

Thanks for the interview, Shedman! The reporters clearly aren't readers of this site. All of that info is so, so outdated.

Nice intrview from Laura, though. I love the media training part, especially - she's doing everything right.

Just checked - unfortunately only a few are available, and Laura's isn't one of them. . .

Perhaps there will be more tomorrow as so many are on courts with tv coverage.