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British Girls’ Laura Robson and Heather Watson moved into the quarter finals of the US Open girls’ singles following impressive matches on Thursday.
Unseeded fifteen year old Robson produced an impressive game to beat the 12th seed Tamaryn Hendler of Belgium in two sets 6-2, 6-1 in a match that lasted just over 70 minutes.
Robson said after the game;
“It was a lot harder than the score suggests because there were a lot of games that went to deuce and she had a couple of break point chances. So it wasn’t a routine match but I thought I played well.”
She will face wildcard entry American Lauren Davis in the quarter final. Meanwhile British number one Heather Watson faced a tougher challenge in her match with German Annika Beck, winning 6-4, 7-5.
Watson had made an incredible start to the match leading the first set 5-0, but the German fought back to 5-4 as Watson’s game threatened to collapse. Similarly in the second set Watson held a commanding lead of 5-1 before letting the game slip from her control, managing to hang on for the win.
Watson will now face Wimbledon girls’ singles champion and second seed at Flushing Meadows, Noppawan Lertcheewakarn for a place in the semi finals.
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