In her third tournament back, she made the semifinal losing to Edina Gallovits of the ITF event in Dothan, after having to qualify for the main draw. [97], Robson started her US Open Series campaign on 30 July 2013 at the Southern California Open in Carlsbad being drawn against Ayumi Morita, whom she beat having come back from a set down in two hours and 40 minutes. At the Japan Open in Osaka, she was seeded eighth, the first time in her career she had been seeded at a WTA tournament. Laura Robson hails 'phenomenal Australian Open for Brits' after Alfie British Fed Cup Team, 2012-13; British Olympic Team, 2012. This has included onsite experience at the cinch Championships at The Queens Club, Rothesay Open at Nottingham and more recently as Tournament Director of the womens ITF $25,000 in Loughborough. Robson later won her first WTA match since her injury in 2013 by beating Klra Koukalov, 62, 63 in the qualifying of Stuttgart. This is a welcome step for Robson, who told Tennis365 last summer that she has struggled to come to terms with her early retirement from tennis. MELBOURNE Laura Robson may have retired from tennis but she remains an extremely busy woman, and is involved in tennis as much as she ever was - even if she is no longer playing. Robson also used her protected ranking to enter Premier clay events in Madrid and Rome, where she lost her first round matches to Victoria Azarenka and Christina McHale, respectively. Performance cookies are used to collect data about how you use our website so we can continue to improve it in the future. [16] She was also named the MCC Young Sportswoman of the Year. Read our preview and find out how to watch at home. Does Laura Robson Still Play Tennis? - Vim Buzz ADDITIONAL [119] She then played in the $60k tournament at Andrzieux-Bouthon and reached the quarterfinals, before losing in straight sets to Amra Sadikovi. Last May, four years after her first hip surgery, she finally announced she was giving up her dream job. A post shared by Laura Robson (@laurarobson5). In Gatineau, she retired from her first-round match, generating fear that her wrist injury had returned, but Robson said that she had been hampered by a stomach strain she had suffered during practice.