British Teenage Star Laura Robson Lives Close To The Championships

Written by: on 21st June 2012
Tennis Danish Open
British Teenage Star Laura Robson Lives Close To The Championships

epa03178948 Laura Robson of Great Britain returns the ball to Jelena Jankovic of Serbia during their first round match of the WTA E Boks Danish Open tennis tournament in Farum, north of Copenhagen, Denmark, 11 April 2012. EPA/KRISTIAN JUUL PEDERSEN DENMARK OUT  |

British teenager Laura Robson admits she enjoys her home comforts during the Wimbledon fortnight, with the 2008 junior champion confessing that heading home after a day at the courts is one of her small pleasures.

One of the new hopes of the local women’s game used to live within a short stroll of the All England club with her family. But a move requires a slightly longer commute.

“It’s more relaxing going home in the evening, I think. I completely switch off,” said the No. 111 who went out in the second round last year after a pair of first-round defeats following her junior triumph.

The youngster says she tries to keep her mental distance from the pressure to do well. “I don’t get swept up necessarily, I just try to focus on doing my own thing and I treat it like any other tournament.

The added advantage is that I can go home in the evening. I moved from the old house, so I can’t walk home, but I’m like five minutes away, so it’s still good. I like cooking so I do a lot of that.

But Robson does draw the line at how to spend her time off – she will not be cooking for her dogs: “They have a very dry dog food, which I will not be tasting.”

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