BACK INJURY ROBS LAURA.Byline: MIKE WALTERS BRAVE Laura Robson resolved to stay and support Andy Murray after surrendering her junior Wimbledon crown in agony. Robson, 15, needed treatment on a back injury and saved four match points before going down 6-2 4-6 8-6 to Quirine Lemoine of Holland, who is two years older. She also pulled out of her junior doubles match last night and admitted: "My back is pretty sore. It got worse throughout the match and I was limited by it. I couldn't hit the ball as hard as I wanted but this is Wimbledon and I didn't want to give it away. I'm frustrated frus·trate tr.v. frus·trat·ed, frus·trat·ing, frus·trates 1. a. To prevent from accomplishing a purpose or fulfilling a desire; thwart: but you learn from experiences like this. "I''ll watch Andy's matches as I'm a fan and I can learn from the way he plays, particularly from his return of serve." Britain's last survivor in the boys' singles, 17-year-old Tom Farquharson Tom Farquharson (born Dublin, December 4 1900; died 1974) is a former Irish footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Cardiff City F.C. between 1921 and 1934. As an international, Farquharson also played for both Ireland teams - the FAI XI and the IFA XI. , lost to No.3 seed Bernard Tomic Bernard Tomic (Croatian: Bernard Tomić, born October 10, 1992) is a teenage German-born Croatian-Australian tennis player. In 2006 at the age of 13, he won an International Tennis Federation 14-and-under tournament, the orange bowl, dropping only two sets in eight of Australia. |
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