Tennis: Laura Robson beats seven-time Grand Slam winner Venus Williams

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19 year old and world number 39 Laura Robson, beat American and former world number one Venus Williams 6-3 6-2 in the first round of the WTA event in Rome yesterday.

“I’ve never played her and I have always wanted to,” said Robson.

“I saw her play Wimbledon when I was about ten. I remember saying when I was 14 that I wanted to play her and I finally got my wish.”

“I’m pretty sure I said I would take her down on a BBC interview after the junior final. My mum sent it to me the other day when the draw came out to remind me of it – as if I could ever forget saying something so stupid!”

With the French Open beginning on 26 May, Robson has earned another big win on clay following last week’s run to the third round of the Madrid Open.

In Spain, she beat world number four Agnieska Radwanska, the left-hander’s first win over a player ranked in top five, before losing to Ana Ivanovic in the third round.

Robson will now meet Venus’s sister Serena, the world number one, in round two. She said, “It’ll be a good test and she is playing probably her best tennis and so she is not losing and so its going to be insanely tough, but I’m just going to go out there and do my best.”

Lizzie Flint, Sportsister
The Women’s Sports Magazine

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