Former Wimbledon champ once dubbed future of British tennis looks unrecognisable as she dazzles while working at US Open
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pTHIS former Wimbledon Juniors champion looks unrecognisable these days./p
pThe British star, now 29, won the Under-18s Girls#8217; title at the All England Club back in 2008 when she was aged just 14. /p
figure id=attachment_23774389 class=wp-caption alignnone style=width: 970pximg decoding=async loading=lazy src=https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/www-instagram-com-laurarobson5-hl-842152593.jpg?strip=allamp;w=960 alt= class=alignnone size-thesun-article-image wp-image-23774389 width=960 height=960 /figcaption class=wp-caption-text/figcaptionfigcreditInstagram @ laurarobson5/figcredit/figureThis former tennis star was British No1 and is now working as a pundit[/caption]
figure id=attachment_23774391 class=wp-caption alignnone style=width: 970pximg decoding=async loading=lazy src=https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/laura-robson-noosa-heads-queensland-545553540.jpg?strip=allamp;w=960 alt= class=alignnone size-thesun-article-image wp-image-23774391 width=960 height=960 /figcaption class=wp-caption-text/figcaptionfigcreditInstagram @laurarobson5/figcredit/figureShe hung up her racquet in 2022 aged just 28[/caption]
figure id=attachment_23774415 class=wp-caption alignnone style=width: 970pximg decoding=async loading=lazy src=https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/www-instagram-com-laurarobson5-hl-842152592.jpg?strip=allamp;w=960 alt= class=alignnone size-thesun-article-image wp-image-23774415 width=960 height=960 /figcaption class=wp-caption-text/figcaptionfigcreditInstagram @ laurarobson5/figcredit/figureThe star has a job at Wimbledon after her playing days[/caption]
pShe quickly became recognised as the bright young talent tipped to be the future hope of women#8217;s tennis for the LTA./p
pHowever, various injuries and a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/18581828/olympic-wimbledon-injury-robson-retire/surgeries forced her to retire/a in 2022./p
pNow she is embracing her new career in a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/tennis/tennis/a #8211; as a pundit, commentator and even a tournament organiser./p
pAnd she looks rather different #8211; transitioning seamlessly from the freshly-faced teenager to the elegant lady./p
pThe tennis player in question is#8230; a href=https://www.thesun.ie/who/laura-robson/Laura Robson/a. /p
pThat#8217;s right, it#8217;s the former British No1./p
pBorn in Australia in 1994, the Robson family moved to Singapore 18 months later and then to the UK when Laura was six. /p
pShe burst on to the scene with that magical run at a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/topic/wimbledon/Wimbledon/a to be crowned junior champion./p
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pRobson went on to reach the fourth round of the senior Grand Slams #8211; at Wimbledon and the US Open #8211; and secured a career-high world ranking of No27 in 2013. /p
pAnd the star even won an Olympic silver medal at London 2012 alongside Andy Murray in the mixed doubles./p
pHowever, multiple surgeries on her wrist and hip #8211; the latest at the end of 2019 #8211; caused her to miss huge chunks of the WTA Tour, including the entirety of the 2020 and 2021 seasons. /p
pAnd ahead of last year#8217;s French Open, a 28-year-old Robson announced she was calling time on her career./p
pHowever, she ensured she stayed very much involved in tennis #8211; as well as treating fans to regular updates on her life away from sport on Instagram./p
pAnd that includes plenty of snaps of her dog Winnie as well as her a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/10495078/tennis-laura-robson-bikini-comeback-injury/numerous trips abroad for holidays/a and working as a pundit on the tennis tour./p
pRobson regularly works for Eurosport but is at the a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/topic/us-open-tennis/US Open/a commentating and giving expert analysis for Sky Sports./p
pAnd she was left baffled on the microphone when Dan Evans halted his third-round clash with Carlos Alcaraz to get a a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/23770035/dan-evans-stops-us-open-random-person-wag/mystery man removed from his player box/a. /p
pRobson has also taken on the role as tournament director of the Rothesay Open in Nottingham #8211; a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/22731577/emotional-andy-murray-wife-kids-wimbledon-win/won by Andy Murray/a and a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/22732347/katie-boulter-tears-sleep-trophy-wimbledon/Katie Boulter this year/a./p
pAnd she accepted another job, a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/23059910/laura-robson-wimbledon-cool-new-job-retired/hired as part of the international player relations team at Wimbledon/a in 2023./p
pAt this year#8217;s Championships, Robson was pictured sitting with the Princess of Wales and got her whites out to play in the invitational doubles./p
figure id=attachment_23774398 class=wp-caption alignnone style=width: 645pximg decoding=async loading=lazy src=https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/5-july-england-tennis-club-4594501.jpg?strip=allamp;w=635 alt= class=alignnone size-thesun-article-image wp-image-23774398 width=635 height=960 /figcaption class=wp-caption-text/figcaptionfigcreditPA:Press Association/figcredit/figureRobson won the Girls#8217; Singles at Wimbledon in 2008 when she was just 14[/caption]
figure id=attachment_23774455 class=wp-caption alignnone style=width: 970pximg decoding=async loading=lazy src=https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/37f0c532-b489-4917-b87a-8546300ef497.jpg?strip=allamp;w=960 alt= class=alignnone size-thesun-article-image wp-image-23774455 width=960 height=630 /figcaption class=wp-caption-textRobson struggled with injuries and needed multiple surgeries/figcaptionfigcreditGetty Images - Getty/figcredit/figure
figure id=attachment_23774399 class=wp-caption alignnone style=width: 970pximg decoding=async loading=lazy src=https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/silver-medalists-laura-robson-great-14494322.jpg?strip=allamp;w=960 alt= class=alignnone size-thesun-article-image wp-image-23774399 width=960 height=658 /figcaption class=wp-caption-text/figcaptionfigcreditGetty Images - Getty/figcredit/figureShe teamed up with Andy Murray for Olympic silver in 2012[/caption]
figure id=attachment_23774396 class=wp-caption alignnone style=width: 970pximg decoding=async loading=lazy src=https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/www-instagram-com-laurarobson5-631830576.jpg?strip=allamp;w=960 alt= class=alignnone size-thesun-article-image wp-image-23774396 width=960 height=960 /figcaption class=wp-caption-text/figcaptionfigcredithttps://www.instagram.com/laurarobson5//figcredit/figureRobson has more than 133,000 Instagram followers[/caption]
figure id=attachment_23774488 class=wp-caption alignnone style=width: 970pximg decoding=async loading=lazy src=https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/catherine-princess-wales-alongside-deborah-829490065.jpg?strip=allamp;w=960 alt= class=alignnone size-thesun-article-image wp-image-23774488 width=960 height=691 /figcaption class=wp-caption-text/figcaptionfigcreditGetty/figcredit/figureRobson sat next to the Princess of Wales at Wimbledon[/caption]
figure id=attachment_23774416 class=wp-caption alignnone style=width: 970pximg decoding=async loading=lazy src=https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/www-instagram-com-laurarobson5-hl-842152602.jpg?strip=allamp;w=960 alt= class=alignnone size-thesun-article-image wp-image-23774416 width=960 height=960 /figcaption class=wp-caption-text/figcaptionfigcreditInstagram @ laurarobson5/figcredit/figureThe Aussie-born ace is enjoying life after playing and regularly goes on holiday[/caption]
pThe British star, now 29, won the Under-18s Girls#8217; title at the All England Club back in 2008 when she was aged just 14. /p
figure id=attachment_23774389 class=wp-caption alignnone style=width: 970pximg decoding=async loading=lazy src=https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/www-instagram-com-laurarobson5-hl-842152593.jpg?strip=allamp;w=960 alt= class=alignnone size-thesun-article-image wp-image-23774389 width=960 height=960 /figcaption class=wp-caption-text/figcaptionfigcreditInstagram @ laurarobson5/figcredit/figureThis former tennis star was British No1 and is now working as a pundit[/caption]
figure id=attachment_23774391 class=wp-caption alignnone style=width: 970pximg decoding=async loading=lazy src=https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/laura-robson-noosa-heads-queensland-545553540.jpg?strip=allamp;w=960 alt= class=alignnone size-thesun-article-image wp-image-23774391 width=960 height=960 /figcaption class=wp-caption-text/figcaptionfigcreditInstagram @laurarobson5/figcredit/figureShe hung up her racquet in 2022 aged just 28[/caption]
figure id=attachment_23774415 class=wp-caption alignnone style=width: 970pximg decoding=async loading=lazy src=https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/www-instagram-com-laurarobson5-hl-842152592.jpg?strip=allamp;w=960 alt= class=alignnone size-thesun-article-image wp-image-23774415 width=960 height=960 /figcaption class=wp-caption-text/figcaptionfigcreditInstagram @ laurarobson5/figcredit/figureThe star has a job at Wimbledon after her playing days[/caption]
pShe quickly became recognised as the bright young talent tipped to be the future hope of women#8217;s tennis for the LTA./p
pHowever, various injuries and a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/18581828/olympic-wimbledon-injury-robson-retire/surgeries forced her to retire/a in 2022./p
pNow she is embracing her new career in a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/tennis/tennis/a #8211; as a pundit, commentator and even a tournament organiser./p
pAnd she looks rather different #8211; transitioning seamlessly from the freshly-faced teenager to the elegant lady./p
pThe tennis player in question is#8230; a href=https://www.thesun.ie/who/laura-robson/Laura Robson/a. /p
pThat#8217;s right, it#8217;s the former British No1./p
pBorn in Australia in 1994, the Robson family moved to Singapore 18 months later and then to the UK when Laura was six. /p
pShe burst on to the scene with that magical run at a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/topic/wimbledon/Wimbledon/a to be crowned junior champion./p
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pRobson went on to reach the fourth round of the senior Grand Slams #8211; at Wimbledon and the US Open #8211; and secured a career-high world ranking of No27 in 2013. /p
pAnd the star even won an Olympic silver medal at London 2012 alongside Andy Murray in the mixed doubles./p
pHowever, multiple surgeries on her wrist and hip #8211; the latest at the end of 2019 #8211; caused her to miss huge chunks of the WTA Tour, including the entirety of the 2020 and 2021 seasons. /p
pAnd ahead of last year#8217;s French Open, a 28-year-old Robson announced she was calling time on her career./p
pHowever, she ensured she stayed very much involved in tennis #8211; as well as treating fans to regular updates on her life away from sport on Instagram./p
pAnd that includes plenty of snaps of her dog Winnie as well as her a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/10495078/tennis-laura-robson-bikini-comeback-injury/numerous trips abroad for holidays/a and working as a pundit on the tennis tour./p
pRobson regularly works for Eurosport but is at the a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/topic/us-open-tennis/US Open/a commentating and giving expert analysis for Sky Sports./p
pAnd she was left baffled on the microphone when Dan Evans halted his third-round clash with Carlos Alcaraz to get a a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/23770035/dan-evans-stops-us-open-random-person-wag/mystery man removed from his player box/a. /p
pRobson has also taken on the role as tournament director of the Rothesay Open in Nottingham #8211; a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/22731577/emotional-andy-murray-wife-kids-wimbledon-win/won by Andy Murray/a and a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/22732347/katie-boulter-tears-sleep-trophy-wimbledon/Katie Boulter this year/a./p
pAnd she accepted another job, a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/23059910/laura-robson-wimbledon-cool-new-job-retired/hired as part of the international player relations team at Wimbledon/a in 2023./p
pAt this year#8217;s Championships, Robson was pictured sitting with the Princess of Wales and got her whites out to play in the invitational doubles./p
figure id=attachment_23774398 class=wp-caption alignnone style=width: 645pximg decoding=async loading=lazy src=https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/5-july-england-tennis-club-4594501.jpg?strip=allamp;w=635 alt= class=alignnone size-thesun-article-image wp-image-23774398 width=635 height=960 /figcaption class=wp-caption-text/figcaptionfigcreditPA:Press Association/figcredit/figureRobson won the Girls#8217; Singles at Wimbledon in 2008 when she was just 14[/caption]
figure id=attachment_23774455 class=wp-caption alignnone style=width: 970pximg decoding=async loading=lazy src=https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/37f0c532-b489-4917-b87a-8546300ef497.jpg?strip=allamp;w=960 alt= class=alignnone size-thesun-article-image wp-image-23774455 width=960 height=630 /figcaption class=wp-caption-textRobson struggled with injuries and needed multiple surgeries/figcaptionfigcreditGetty Images - Getty/figcredit/figure
figure id=attachment_23774399 class=wp-caption alignnone style=width: 970pximg decoding=async loading=lazy src=https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/silver-medalists-laura-robson-great-14494322.jpg?strip=allamp;w=960 alt= class=alignnone size-thesun-article-image wp-image-23774399 width=960 height=658 /figcaption class=wp-caption-text/figcaptionfigcreditGetty Images - Getty/figcredit/figureShe teamed up with Andy Murray for Olympic silver in 2012[/caption]
figure id=attachment_23774396 class=wp-caption alignnone style=width: 970pximg decoding=async loading=lazy src=https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/www-instagram-com-laurarobson5-631830576.jpg?strip=allamp;w=960 alt= class=alignnone size-thesun-article-image wp-image-23774396 width=960 height=960 /figcaption class=wp-caption-text/figcaptionfigcredithttps://www.instagram.com/laurarobson5//figcredit/figureRobson has more than 133,000 Instagram followers[/caption]
figure id=attachment_23774488 class=wp-caption alignnone style=width: 970pximg decoding=async loading=lazy src=https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/catherine-princess-wales-alongside-deborah-829490065.jpg?strip=allamp;w=960 alt= class=alignnone size-thesun-article-image wp-image-23774488 width=960 height=691 /figcaption class=wp-caption-text/figcaptionfigcreditGetty/figcredit/figureRobson sat next to the Princess of Wales at Wimbledon[/caption]
figure id=attachment_23774416 class=wp-caption alignnone style=width: 970pximg decoding=async loading=lazy src=https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/www-instagram-com-laurarobson5-hl-842152602.jpg?strip=allamp;w=960 alt= class=alignnone size-thesun-article-image wp-image-23774416 width=960 height=960 /figcaption class=wp-caption-text/figcaptionfigcreditInstagram @ laurarobson5/figcredit/figureThe Aussie-born ace is enjoying life after playing and regularly goes on holiday[/caption]