Laura Robson beaten by Sam Stosur in US Open fourth round
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Laura Robson is out of the US Open after a 6-4 6-4 fourth-round defeat by defending champion Sam Stosur.
The 18-year-old, aiming to become the first British woman to reach the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam for 28 years, produced a spirited display.
However, she was unable to capitalise on two break points at 4-4 in the first set, which she lost on a double fault.
Robson saved eight match points before Australian Stosur, the seventh seed, completed victory in 98 minutes.
Stosur will face world number one Victoria Azarenka or unseeded Georgian Anna Tatishvili in the quarter-finals.
The Australian said: "I think Laura is a very good player. She's very young and she's got a lot of years ahead of her.
"She hits the ball great and thinks things through. She's one to watch."
No British woman had reached the last eight of a Grand Slam since Jo Durie at Wimbledon in 1984, but Robson raised hopes with her performances at Flushing Meadows.
The world number 89 knocked out two former Grand Slam champions, Kim Clijsters and Li Na, on her way to the fourth round.
She started aggressively against Stosur, winning an early break, but let slip a 40-15 lead in her next service game as Stosur broke back.
Stosur survived a scare at 4-4, serving two double faults and saving two break points before holding serve.
She made the most of that escape as Robson faltered on her serve to lose the set.
Robson failed to take any of the three break points she engineered at 1-1 in the second set, and was broken again when sending a looping backhand long.
Frustration looked to be creeping into Robson's game, but she showed great spirit to save five match points on her own serve at 5-2, then survived two more to break back in the following game.
Stosur had two more match points on the Robson serve at 5-4, taking the second to secure victory as the British teenager sent a forehand long.
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@Reynolds, stop being such an inverted snob and celebrate her success. I know I could never have achieved anything like that when I was so young, so why not just be impressed?
@RC Yes I think that's about right. Pity that it's such a small climb in the rankings. Means that she'll have to back up this performance over the next year or so to move up.
@45 You'd be right if she was 27. However she's 18, so your statement holds no weight.
Glamorgan - come back when you have something relevant to say. You're not even worth humiliating by naming the many, many Australian cricketers and rugby players born outside Australia. You have an insular, selective, jingoistic agenda and it's tedious.
That's nice of you but I hope you don't mind if I ignore someone who can't spell 'condemn'.
@22 - I'd rather have Laura representing my country than the chavs from Towie or Xfactor. At least she's nice and has achived something with her life.
@47 - You can run as far as you like but you'll still be British. It must be gutting to hate yourself....
It appears to be wrong to state someone in British colours is English but fine to say Scottish.