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Going places: Teenage sensation Laura Robson wins her first match as a pro at an LTA indoor event

Robson gets off to a flying start


25.09.08

Laura Robson today faces Poland's Urszula Radwanska, the girl she succeeded as Wimbledon junior champion in July, after make a winning debut as a professional.

Robson, still only 14, was watched by fewer than 100 fans at the LTA indoor event in Shrewsbury as she defeated British No8 Sarah Borwell 7-6, 2-6, 6-3.

Borwell, 29, said: "I lost to Ana Ivanovic at Wimbledon two years ago and Laura reminds me of her. She's going to climb the rankings quickly."

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