WIMBLEDON 2013



  • Venue: All England Club, London

  • Date: 24 June - 7 July


Coverage: Live on BBC One, BBC Two, BBC HD Channel, Red Button, BBC Radio 5 live, plus 10 live streams available on the BBC Sport website, tablet, mobile and connected TV.



Britain's Laura Robson was beaten by Kaia Kanepi in the fourth round at Wimbledon, going down to the Estonian 7-6 (8-6) 7-5 on Court One.


Robson was bidding to become the first British woman to reach the quarter-finals at SW19 since Jo Durie in 1984.


However, Robson lost the first-set tie-break having been 5-2 ahead and was broken at 5-5 in the second.


Robson, 19, saved four match points as her rival started to creak on serve but Kanepi converted the fifth.



Analysis


Image of Jana Novotna Jana Novotna Former Wimbledon champion and BBC Radio 5 live pundit

"This was a big opportunity to make it to the quarter-finals of Wimbledon but Laura should be very excited about her prospects. She is still very young but is very talented and has a big future. There is still work to be done - her movement, for example - but she shouldn't view this as a negative, even though it was great chance."



Robson was the first British woman to make the second week at Wimbledon since Sam Smith in 1998.


But the world number 38 showed few signs of nerves early on, opening up with a love service game and forcing a break point with the score at 1-1, which Kanepi saved.


Robson carved out three more break points at 4-4 and converted the second courtesy of a searing forehand winner.


However, with Robson serving for the first set the nerves set in. Her serve having been solid up until then, she opened up the game with a first double fault before handing Kanepi the break with an errant forehand.


Robson, ranked eight places higher than her opponent, raced into a 5-2 lead in the subsequent tie-break only to tighten up again.



Match stats






























































Robson Kanepi

Match time: 1 hr 35 mins



9



Aces



9



4



Double faults



5



57%



1st serve %



60%



76%



1st serve win %



83%



50%



2nd serve win %



39%



27



Winners



28



24



Errors



18



1/3



Break points



2/5





She framed a second serve into the bottom of the net to make the score 5-5 and, while she managed to find a huge forehand return to save one set point, Kanepi sealed the set in 49 minutes when Robson missed with an attempted pass.


The Court One crowd struggled to conceal its disappointment but Robson settled early in the second set, winning her first two service games comfortably.


However, Kanepi, a former Wimbledon quarter-finalist, was also serving well and doing a good job of moving Robson around the court.


With the score locked at 3-3 in the second set Robson showed some grit, pulling out two aces to save two break points.


But Kanepi carved out three break points at 5-5 and only needed one of them, Robson netting with a return.


Robson dug in again to save two match points before Kanepi started to creak, sending down a double fault as Robson saved again.


Robson saved a fourth match point but Kanepi finally sealed a last-eight encounter against either Serena Williams or Sabine Lisicki with a fine forehand winner.