{"id":20717,"date":"2013-06-26T23:05:33","date_gmt":"2013-06-26T21:05:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/much-is-expected-from-robson-at-wimbledon\/"},"modified":"2013-06-26T23:05:33","modified_gmt":"2013-06-26T21:05:33","slug":"much-is-expected-from-robson-at-wimbledon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/much-is-expected-from-robson-at-wimbledon\/","title":{"rendered":"Much is expected from Robson at Wimbledon"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Laura Robson at the 2008 Wimbledon championships (Photo credit: Wikipedia)<\/p>\n

Laura Robson<\/a>\u00a0has progressed so far in her tennis career that we expect great performances from her in the future.<\/p>\n

Last year she beat Kim Clijsters and Li Na at the US Open<\/a> before seeing off Petra Kvitova<\/a> in Australia in January \u2013 and yesterday she turned in another impressive display to defeat 10th seed Maria Kirilenko 6-3 6-4 in the first round.<\/p>\n

Robson knows she has the game to worry any of the top women but what really stood out for me was that when she was wobbling \u2013 as should only be expected given the pressure on her to succeed at Wimbledon \u2013 she still had the nerve and class to close out the match.<\/p>\n

When it came to the crunch her serve held up, which is an incredibly good sign for the future. Great players are defined by what they do in difficult moments.<\/p>\n

Last week Novak Djokovic<\/a> came out and said \u2018tennis matches are won and lost in the head\u2019 and I thought that was a great quote. When he does lose, he always looks at what he could have done better mentally.<\/p>\n

I believe Robson could go a long way in this tournament and even make the quarter-finals, where she could potentially face Angelique Kerber.<\/p>\n

So I really hope she can just focus and not allow her own expectations to get out of control. \u2013 Barry Cowan<\/a><\/p>\n

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