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British junior Laura Robson wins again to seal her place in semi-finals

Britain's Laura Robson made it to the semi-finals of the girl's singles with a straight-sets victory over ninth seed Bojana Jovanovski of Serbia.

The 14-year-old, who lives within walking distance of the All England Club, won 7-5 6-4 and will now face Slovakia's Romana Tabakova in the last four.

Robson had already dumped out top seed Melanie Oudin of the United States in the second round.

Laura Robson is through to the semi-finals of the girl's singles

Laura Robson is through to the semi-finals of the girl's singles


She played some lovely tennis again throughout the match and clinched victory on her opponent's serve as Jovanovski dumped a forehand into the net.

Fellow Briton Naomi Broady lost her quarter-final against third seed Noppawan
Lertcheewakarn in three sets.

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