Laura Robson

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Laura Robson to miss US Open in August with injured wrist

British number two Laura Robson will miss the US Open in August as she continues to recover from a wrist injury.

The 20-year-old, who has already pulled out of Wimbledon, has completed just one match in 2014.

Robson has slipped from 46th in the world rankings to 80th.

"I went through a very, very depressed stage," said Robson, "I didn't go on any tennis websites because I was so jealous of everyone able to play."

Robson told BBC Sport that she is now "past that stage" and will be able to start playing mini tennis with sponge balls in August.

"At the moment it's kind of a day-to-day thing in terms of pain and how the inflammation is going, but rehab seems to be coming along nicely," she said.

The US Open - the final Grand Slam of the year - gets under way on 25 August in New York.

Robson's only full match to date this year was a swift defeat by Kirsten Flipkens at the Australian Open in January, and she is already targeting Melbourne next year on her route back up the rankings.

"I'd still like to be able to play some matches at the end of this year and get some competitive tennis in before Australia," she said.

"I'm basically going to be playing some very small tournaments to try and get my ranking up again."

The former Wimbledon junior champion admitted that such an extended absence from tennis has been hard to cope with.

"I didn't look at the live scores, and I didn't watch any tennis on TV.

"But now I'm kind of past that and I'm looking forward to being able to watch Wimbledon as a spectator for once."

Robson will be working as part of the BBC commentary team at Wimbledon, which begins on 23 June.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/tennis/27860786

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Laura Robson targets Australian Open in January as she recovers from wrist surgery


Laura Robson: Hoping to be playing some tournaments by the end of the year.

Laura Robson admits she will have to start her career all over again after she recovers from major wrist surgery.

The Briton's sole match in 2014 was a one-sided defeat to Kirsten Flipkens in the Australian Open in January, as she battled her wrist injury.

Robson will next target the first major of next year in Melbourne after going under the knife in April on her injured left wrist, which she initially damaged in December 2013.

The 20-year-old expects to compete in UK challenger tournaments in a bid for fitness, form and raking points once she completes her protracted recovery.

Robson said she "felt like a child again" in the aftermath of her operation, struggling to dress herself and cut her own food.

Itching to return to action, Robson said she has been reduced to tears, at times frustrated with rehabilitation while her peers train and compete.

"I don't actually know my recovery timescale," said the British No 2.

"The most important thing is not to rush it.

"I kept trying to come back too soon, and that kept making it worse.

Starting from scratch

"In a way it's like starting from scratch, starting all over again - but I do have the experience of four or five years behind me which is a big help.

"It's a challenge - I get to play all my favourite challengers in England again.

"It's all part of the recovery process, I'll have a protected ranking, so will be able to choose some tournaments and come up with a smart schedule, and see how it goes.

"You can't go into a slam without having played a fair few matches beforehand; you need to build confidence but also to see how the wrist is going.

"Hopefully by the end of this year I'll be playing some tournaments: as long as I get some matches in I don't really care where I play.

"It is going to be a new start because I'll virtually have no ranking by that point, but I'm looking forward to it, it should be a good experience.

"It was only after the surgery I realised how much I rely on my left hand: I had to have help to cut my food and tie my hair, I felt like a child again."

Tears

Robson, who reached the fourth round at Wimbledon last year, revealed she shed tears in what has been an emotional time for her.

"It is a bit depressing, because everyone's out there enjoying themselves, hitting the ball hard, competing, while I'm off to move my wrist a centimetre each way.

"There have definitely been tears, especially when I spoke to the surgeon on Skype and I told him I was going to fly out there and 99 per cent sure I was going to do the surgery.

"It hits how long you won't be playing and how useless you're going to be.

"Sometimes I can't do anything and it hits you.

"I had to walk to the National Tennis Centre for six weeks because I wasn't allowed to drive, and that's a 40-minute walk each way.

"It got a bit emotional when you're doing that wishing you could drive."

http://www1.skysports.com/tennis/news/1 ... st-surgery

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Grunge, Snapchat and rackets: The five things Laura Robson can't live without


British tennis champ, Laura Robson goes through 20 tennis rackets a year.

BRITAIN's No1 female tennis player Laura Robson is a social media addict and is smitten with her new kitten.

1. IPOD

Music is very important to me and I use it to spur me on when I am competing or training and then to calm me down afterwards.

At last year's Wimbledon I put my iPod on for a few minutes before every match and would listen to the Red Hot Chili Peppers' track Can't Stop. For me it became the anthem of the tournament.

When I'm training I love a bit of rock to get me going and Pearl Jam is an absolute must for lifting weights. Then when I want to relax I'll wind down with Damien Rice.

2. MY KITTEN

I have a 10-week-old kitten called Waffles and I am absolutely smitten with her. It is funny because I was a committed dog person until I spotted her cute little face in my local pet shop and that was it. There was no looking back.

A couple of times lately I have told friends that I can't go out because I want to stay in and make sure Waffles is OK. Really though she doesn't need much looking after as she is very independent.

It only took me two days to house-train her which made me very proud. One day I'd love to live on a farm with at least three horses, 10 dogs, countless cats and a couple of donkeys thrown in. It's my dream to be surrounded by animals.

3. SNAPCHAT

My friends and I all spend an incredible amount of time glued to our phones and at the moment my favourite app is Snapchat.

It is great for sending photos or little videos and I am forever circulating pictures of me pulling ridiculous faces or Waffles playing with her toys. It's all a bit silly but the great thing about Snapchat is that every picture you send disappears after about 10 seconds so there is no incriminating trail left behind.

4. TENNIS RACKET

I probably get through about 20 tennis rackets a year so I can't get too sentimental about each and every one of them. But I am particular about how finely strung they are.

Being a left-handed player has always given me a huge advantage as the ball bounces slightly differently which can be a real challenge for your competitor. I look after my tennis gear but I'm not precious about it.

I did keep the racket I used when I won the Wimbledon Junior Girls' Championship six years ago but I later donated it to charity as that seemed a more useful thing to do with it.

5. GRAPES

Being in professional sport means I have to pay special attention to my diet all the time.

Even though I won't be competing in Wimbledon this year because I've injured my wrist, every morning I still have to force down a sludge green vegetable smoothie. Later I will have a protein shake as I need to flood my body with anti-inflammatories.

Luckily I do enjoy fruit and vegetables and I'm addicted to grapes, especially the red ones. In the summer I like to freeze them as they make an incredibly refreshing snack.

Of course like anybody else I can't be sensible all the time and I do have the odd guilty pleasure. Every now and then I will take myself off to Nandos for a chicken-filled pitta.

Laura Robson was speaking on behalf of Virgin Active's Active Aces, a tennis coaching programme that will run at all of its 21 rackets clubs, helping coach the next generation of British tennis stars and inspiring activeness through sport in youngsters across the country. Visit virginactive.co.uk for more information.

http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/lif ... ite-things

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The Injured Robson Will Be In Wimbledon, But In A Broadcast Booth

Laura Robson is adjusting to being in the booth instead of on the court at this year's Wimbledon. With the 20-year-old still sidelined following wrist surgery, she will be taking part in the tournament as a commentator for BBC.

She has been receiving some training for the position, and has been told to speak naturally but with emphasis. "My voice is apparently quite monotone, so when something is fantastic, it isn't 'fantastic', it's 'fan-tas-tic,'" she said.

Robson said that she had at first found it tough to watch other players after undergoing surgery, but decided to take up the gig at the tournament rather than following it on television.

"I am getting more and more used to it because I am doing more stuff with other players. I did a BBC interview with [Maria] Sharapova yesterday. But do I really want to be a part of it? Do I want to be at Wimbledon every day when I know I can’t play? Unavoidable, I guess. If I were staying at home, there would be so much coverage about it so I wouldn’t be tennis-free anyway so I thought, ‘Why not go big," she said.

As a preview, she offered her analysis of her fellow up-and-comers during the French Open. "I think it’s a fantastic thing for young players to come through and everyone was waiting for that point, my age group or the year above to start doing better in Slams," she said.

Genie [Bouchard] has definitely done that, and [Garbiñe] Muguruza has played really well. For [French finalist Simona] Halep, she has always been a great player but in the last year or so she has got so much better, basically. I thought she played fantastically well."

Robson, who has also withdrawn from the US Open, says she is still working out her scheduled return to the game.

http://www.tennisnews.com/exclusive.php?pID=40340

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Laura przechodzi do Nike.

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Laura Robson nie zagra w Australian Open

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20-letnia Laura Robson nie wystąpi w wielkoszlemowym Australian Open. Była 27. rakieta świata od zeszłego sezonu zmaga się z kontuzją lewego nadgarstka.
Laura Robson ostatni mecz w głównym cyklu wygrała we wrześniu 2013 roku w Kantonie, gdzie w II rundzie imprezy rozgrywanej w tym mieście okazała się od Saisai Zheng. Reprezentantka Wielkiej Brytanii na zawodowych kortach pojawiła się 13 stycznia 2014 roku, występując w turnieju Australian Open.

Tak długa przerwa 20-letniej tenisistki jest spowodowana kontuzją lewego nadgarstka. W zeszłym roku Robson poddała się koniecznej operacji, a kilka tygodni temu rozpoczęła przygotowania do powrotu. Wiadomo już jednak, że Brytyjka obecnie nie jest gotowa do gry i nie wystąpi w tegorocznym Australian Open.
Pierwszymi turniejami dla tenisistki urodzonej w Melbourne mają być zawody rangi ITF rozgrywane w lutym. W głównym cyklu Robson ma się pojawić przy okazji imprezy WTA w Bogocie, która odbędzie się w kwietniu.
Najwyżej w karierze reprezentantka Wielkiej Brytanii była plasowana na 27. miejscu w rankingu WTA, ale z powodu perturbacji ze zdrowiem spadła o prawie dziewięćset oczek i zajmuje 916. lokatę.

http://www.sportowefakty.pl/tenis/49170 ... alian-open

[Lucas]

Laura zagra w kwalifikacjach do turnieju Eastbourne

Fotka z twitera zawodniczki:

Tournament bound... Is this real life? #pumped

[Lucas]

Wimbledon 2015: Laura Robson talks to the media following her 6-4, 6-4 1-st round defeat by Evgeniya Rodina

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LAURA ROBSON: Uhm, well, compared to the match I played last week, it was infinitely better. There were so many positives from today that I can go back and work on.

You know, I was the one hitting winners, but I was the one hitting unforced errors, as well.

Just in terms of finishing points better, moving better, definitely serving better, it's all things to work on and things to take into the next few much smaller tournaments.

Q. Is the danger a little bit now to push too hard, to go too quickly getting back to where you should be?

LAURA ROBSON: No. You know, I've been very patient for the last year and a half, so there's no reason to rush it now. Uhm, I've got a doctor and a physio who definitely won't let me do that anyway.

Uhm, so, yeah, we're going to be patient. We're going to train for another couple of weeks and then play some smaller tournaments and more bigger, like, WTAs towards the end of the year.

Q. The difficulties you've overcome over the last 18 months, has that changed you as a person at all?

LAURA ROBSON: I don't know about totally changed my personality.

In a way it's been good. I've been able to see my family a lot more. I've been able to see my friends. I've kind of had a normal life for the last year.

Yeah, in that way it's been good. But I've definitely missed being on tour.

Q. Is it better or worse to be coming back to this tournament rather than being able to ease your way in?

LAURA ROBSON: In my pretournament presser, I said the disappointment of not playing here two years in a row kind of outweighed starting a smaller tournament.

It was a no‑brainer in my mind. If this unfortunately happens again, I will kind of reconsider.

Q. Will you use your protected ranking to play at the US Open?

LAURA ROBSON: That is currently the plan, but that's still a long way off. We'll see where I'm at at the time.

Q. What tournaments will you be playing in between then?

LAURA ROBSON: 25s, 50s. There's a bunch of challengers in the States and in Canada that I've been lucky enough to be given wild cards for. I'm going to be using all of those and start using my protected a bit later in the year.

Q. After having been away from the tour and the locker room for so long, how did it feel being back? Did it feel like things have moved on? Did the tour, the people, feel different?

LAURA ROBSON: There's definitely players that I didn't recognize, especially when I was training at the National Centre last week and I went out to watch the qualifying. There was a bunch of people who made me feel real old. There were '97s and '98s. I don't know how that makes you feel, but I feel ancient (smiling).

It's been a nice thing. Everybody I was friendly with beforehand, there's been some good chats in the locker room, a couple dinners. Nice to catch up with everyone.

Q. There are no Greek players in the draw. You're as close as we have with having your mum living there. What does your mom think of the whole Greek situation?

LAURA ROBSON: I don't know that my mum is totally interested. I mean, yeah, I don't even know how to answer that, to be honest. They live there, but they're definitely not Greek.

Q. How frustrating was it out there? Was that outweighed by the excitement and the relief of being back?

LAURA ROBSON: It was extremely exciting. I was extremely nervous before I went on. Every time I felt like I was getting ahead in the game or I had a breakpoint, it was like the last 17 months of nerves just coming out and saying, Hi.

Yeah, it was a lot to take in. But it was so much better than last week. Last week on court, I was almost hyperventilating. This was infinitely better and it will continue to improve.

Q. You said if you found yourself in this position again, you might reconsider doing this. Do you regret it? I think everybody understands obviously you've come into the tournament not where you'd want to be in terms of form or preparation. No one is going to criticize you for what you've done. It seems a bit of a funny way to view it. I wondered how you would view it overall when you look back on it?

LAURA ROBSON: I mean, it's hard to say what you'd do in a different situation. But this is my favorite tournament of the year. It's my home tournament. I couldn't imagine not playing it, if that makes sense, even though I would have liked to have played more matches.

But I think a lot of people feel the same way. It's different when it's this tournament. You just treat it differently to any other tournament.

Q. Is the wrist now completely healed? Are you protecting it at all now on court?

LAURA ROBSON: Yeah, no pain whatsoever. Totally fine. No physical problems.

Q. Nothing playing in your mind as you're playing the shots?

LAURA ROBSON: No.

Q. Anything at Eastbourne and here today made you think that you can't regain a place in the worlds top 50 and perhaps go much higher?

LAURA ROBSON: No, yeah, I'm pretty confident that I have the ability to get back, uhm, to where I was, if not higher. Uhm, you know, it's going to be a long process to get there, but I'm very excited that I have another chance to do it.

Q. You are still young enough to do it, aren't you?

LAURA ROBSON: Yeah. Grand old age of 21. I've got a bit of time ahead of me. Yeah, definitely some more good years ahead.

Q. Could you explain the issues behind your serving. The throwing, is that something that predated the injury?

AURA ROBSON: Yeah (laughter). I don't know if you ever watched my matches, but my serve has never been totally okay.

So, yeah, it's something that last week was worse, so today was better. But, yeah, we'll just continue to work on it. It's more an indecisive decision process when I'm throwing it up more than anything. I just change my mind quite a lot on where I'm going to go. That results in my ball toss going where it shouldn't.

I honestly feel bad for my opponents most of the time because I end up having to catch it so much. I'm sure it annoys them. I'm sure it annoys me more than them.

Q. Have you thought about what it's going to be playing the low‑level ITFs? You've gone from Wimbledon to 10, 15 K's.

LAURA ROBSON: It's going to be different. I know what I'm going into. I'm going to play one that I played previously. It's an amazing challenger. That motivated me more to accept that wild card.

Yeah, I'm looking forward to it. When I feel like I'm ready to come back into this level, then that's what I'll do.

Q. Looking forward to the doubles?

LAURA ROBSON: I think Madison is going on pretty soon. She has an absolute cannon of a serve. We were joking she's going to serve, I'm going to cross, that's going to be it.

http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/news/art ... round.html

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Wiadomo co się dzieje z Laurą? Z tego co się orientuję, to swój ostatni występ zakończyła kreczem... Coś poważnego?

[Mario]

Chyba widziałem jej nazwisko w kwalach do NH jak sprawdzałem wyniki. Trzysetowa wtopa z McHale w 2 rundzie z tego co pamiętam.

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Chyba widziałem jej nazwisko w kwalach do NH jak sprawdzałem wyniki. Trzysetowa wtopa z McHale w 2 rundzie z tego co pamiętam.

Dzięki za info. Trzymam mocno za nią kciuki.

[Lucas]

10 lat temu wygrała juniorski Wimbledon. Kontuzje dalej niszczą karierę Laury Robson

Spoiler:

Laura Robson doświadczyła w ostatnich pięciu latach wielu problemów zdrowotnych. Teraz brytyjska tenisistka narzeka na uraz biodra i z tego powodu czeka ją kolejna operacja.

Gdy w 2008 roku Laura Robson wygrała juniorski Wimbledon, natychmiast została okrzyknięta największą nadzieją brytyjskiego tenisa. Presja była ogromna, a urodzona w Melbourne leworęczna zawodniczka potrzebowała kilku lat, aby rozpocząć marsz w górę rankingu. Żadnego turnieju głównego cyklu nie wygrała, ale IV rundy US Open 2012 i Wimbledonu 2013 pozwoliły jej awansować na 27. miejsce w klasyfikacji WTA.
Kiedy wydawało się, że Brytyjka w końcu złapała wiatr w żagle i tylko kwestią czasu są jej sukcesy w kobiecym tourze, jej kariera została zastopowana przez kontuzję nadgarstka. Problemy zdrowotne okazały się na tyle poważne, że od US Open 2013 nie było jej dane wygrać meczu w Wielkim Szlemie. W efekcie szybko spadła w światowym rankingu.

W lutym 2018 roku Robson pozytywnie zareagowała na wyniki osiągnięte w australijskich futuresach. Pod wodzą trenera Martijna Boka, który doprowadził ją do sukcesu w juniorskim Wimbledonie 2008, wyraźnie odżyła. Marzyła już o powrocie do Top 100, ale znów złapała kontuzję. Tym razem jej menedżer Max Eisenbud poinformował, że Robson nie ma wyjścia i musi poddać się operacji biodra. Podobny zabieg przeszedł pół roku temu Andy Murray.

https://sportowefakty.wp.pl/tenis/76374 ... -laury-rob

[Damian]

2018 w liczbach:

Ranking: 564
Bilans meczów: 9/7
Tytuły: 0
Finały: 0
Zarobki: $16,736

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Niesamowicie zastopowana przez kontuzje i problemy z formą. Kolejny sezon do kosza.

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Tenis. Kariera zniszczona przez kontuzje. Laura Robson przeszła kolejną operację

Spoiler:

Gdy w 2008 roku wygrała juniorski Wimbledon, Brytyjczycy cieszyli się, że doczekali się wielkiej gwiazdy. Minęło pięć lat, a Laura Robson osiągnęła IV rundę turnieju rozgrywanego na londyńskich trawnikach i wspięła się na 27. miejsce w rankingu WTA. Kolejne sukcesy zdawały się być kwestią czasu, ale wtedy pojawiły się niespodziewane problemy.
Robson doznała kontuzji nadgarstka i na 17 miesięcy wypadła z touru. Problemy zdrowotne powracały, dlatego tenisistka nie była w stanie powrócić do dawnej dyspozycji. W 2018 roku Brytyjka przeszła operację biodra, ale długo nie cieszyła się z gry w tenisa. Ból powrócił, dlatego 25-latka zdecydowała się na jeszcze jeden zabieg.

Podjęłam decyzję o kolejnej operacji i spróbuję pozbyć się bólu na dobre. Mam nadzieję, że już wkrótce wrócę na kort. W międzyczasie nie mogę się doczekać, aby móc wyprowadzać mojego psa nie kulejąc" - poinformowała Robson za pośrednictwem mediów społecznościowych.

Tenisistka liczy, że wróci jeszcze do tenisa, tak jak to uczynił jej rodak Andy Murray. Brytyjczyk poddał się operacji biodra i wbrew radom lekarzy zdecydował się na powrót do touru. W październiku wygrał halowy turniej ATP World Tour 250 na kortach twardych w Antwerpii.

https://sportowefakty.wp.pl/tenis/86034 ... a-operacje

[Damian]

2019 w liczbach:

Ranking: -
Bilans meczów: 5-4
Tytuły: 0
Finały: 0
Zarobki: $1,091

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Po roku przerwy Laura znowu odbija.

[Damian]

[Damian]

Laura Robson unsure about her tennis future after undergoing third hip operation

Spoiler:

Laura Robson undergoes a third hip operation which she admits could spell the end of her career; The former British No 1 says the decision was made to prioritise her long-term health; she added: "Where that leaves me with tennis I'm really not sure"
Last Updated: 22/01/21 6:13am


Laura Robson has undergone a third hip operation, which she confirmed on social media
Laura Robson has undergone a third hip operation, which she confirmed on social media
Former British No 1 Laura Robson has undergone a third hip operation which could spell the end of her tennis career.

Robson first underwent hip surgery in July 2018, returning to the match court in the spring of 2019, but the pain remained and she went under the knife for the second time that December.


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She resumed training in December last year, posting a video clip of her hitting at the National Tennis Centre in London.

But now Robson has been forced to undergo a third operation on her hip last week, announcing the latest setback to her hopes of a comeback on her 27th birthday.

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"Sadly I had to undergo a 3rd operation on my hip last week. I was desperate to carry on with training but was in so much pain that surgery was unavoidable," Robson said in an Instagram post.


"Following the advice of the surgeon and other doctors, a decision has been made to prioritise the long term health of my hip.

"Where that leaves me with tennis I'm really not sure, it will depend on how things heal in the next few months. More than anything my goal is to have a happy, pain-free life.

"This whole process has been incredibly mentally draining and I'm so grateful to the physios/family/friends that have been there to guide me through it (socially distanced of course)."


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Robson won the junior Wimbledon girls' title in 2008
Robson won the junior Wimbledon girls' title in 2008
Robson showed promising signs as a teenager, becoming the new sensation of British sport after winning the junior Wimbledon girls' title at the age of 14.

Robson won a silver medal in mixed doubles alongside Andy Murray at the London Olympics in 2012.

She later went on to reach the fourth round at the All England Club in 2013 before climbing to a career-high No 27 later that summer while still a teenager.

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But serious wrist problems surfaced at the end of 2013 and she has not been the same player since.

https://www.skysports.com/tennis/news/1 ... -operation

[Damian]

2021 w liczbach:

Ranking: -
Bilans meczów: 0-0
Tytuły: 0
Finały: 0
Zarobki: $0