Week 39 - ITF 75K - Shrewsbury, Great Britain

steven · Tennis legend

RE: Week 39 - ITF 75K - Shrewsbury, Great Britain

steven · Tennis legend

Worse than deja vu - Katie didn't win another game and lost 5 & 4

Laura is up an early break against Radwanska.

She can't do this, can she - surely not ...

steven · Tennis legend

1st set to Laura 6-3

- "Playing very well, but Radwanska has lost it mentally and has had treatment on foot. Looks promising"

jamatthews · Strong Club Player

steven wrote:

but Radwanska has lost it mentally

And in other breaking news: the sky is blue... wink

serena · Newbie

Somebody knows something about the match of Besser and Henke??

Peter too · Tennis legend

It is hard to guess what Laura's standard is at present. She is certainly the Princess of surprises. I would have guessed about 250 in the rankings so a close win against Sarah was possible but to be causing problems against a rapidly improving player just outside the top 100 is incredible.

Gary · Social player

Dame Flora ( sorry, but every time I hear or see Laura's name mentioned, I can't help but think of the late, great actress ) never ceases to amaze. Win or lose, she's definitely going to be a star.

Perhaps the title Dame is quite prescient in this case anyway ;)

steven · Tennis legend

Peter too wrote:
It is hard to guess what Laura's standard is at present. She is certainly the Princess of surprises. I would have guessed about 250 in the rankings so a close win against Sarah was possible but to be causing problems against a rapidly improving player just outside the top 100 is incredible.

More than just causing problems

L16: Laura Robson UNR beat Urszula Radwanska (POL) WR 128 by 6-3 6-3

- no. 4 seed Obziler or Coin next

This means that Laura would join the rankings in the top 700 if she gets even a point from her next event!

Bally is 4-6 2-5 v Voegele

serena · Newbie

Besser-Henke???

wolf · Tennis legend

Laura.

If she can beat Radwanska, she should beat Coin or Obziler, most probably Coin though Obziler is the seed. Actually, that was the match that preceeded Laura's, any chance of texting Vamos to ask the winner Steven?

Gary · Social player

Dumbstruck! Awesome result!

steven · Tennis legend

I've just asked him.

RedCabbage · Club Coach

I think we're going to see a few articles in the national press about that one!

Well done Laura! What a match to win!

kundalini · Specialist Reporter + Intermediate Club Player

Peter too wrote:

It is hard to guess what Laura's standard is at present. She is certainly the Princess of surprises. I would have guessed about 250 in the rankings so a close win against Sarah was possible but to be causing problems against a rapidly improving player just outside the top 100 is incredible.

If you look at Michelle Larcher de Brito's results both this year and last year (and I'm not saying Laura is necessarily as good as MLDB but it is probably a better comparison than Oudin or one of the other top juniors who is a couple of years older and probably a lot stronger physically) then it appears clear that a talented 14 year old can beat top 100 players and also lose to players outside the top 500.

On here we tend to expect the higher ranked player to beat the lower ranked player but with these talented teenagers the rankings are just irrelevant. If they get out of bed in a bad mood then they'll struggle to get a set off someone ranked 800+, but if they happen to be feeling inspired, they could probably give most players outside the top 50 a decent match.

So this win doesn't surprise me at all.

steven · Tennis legend

Obziler beat Coin in straights.

QF: Laura Robson UNR v (4) Tzipi Obziler (ISR) WR 123 (CH = 75 in July 2007)

-- Edited by steven at 15:02, 2008-09-25