Laura Robson wins first main draw WTA match since 2013
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Updated 26/04/2016 at 14:07 GMT
Britain’s Laura Robson won her first match in the main draw of a WTA tournament since 2013 on overcoming Morocco’s Ghita Benhadi at the Rabat Open on Tuesday.
: Laura Robson of Great Britain returns a shot to Elena Vesnina of Russia during their Women's Singles First Round match on Day Two of the 2015 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 1, 2015 in the Flushing neighborhood o
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Robson, 22, broke serve six times en route to ghosting past the 18-year-old local wild card 6-1 6-1 in under an hour on the clay.
Winner of the Wimbledon Junior Girls’ Championship at the age of 14, Robson’s last WTA main draw win came almost three years ago in September 2013 ahead of wrist surgery that put her out of action for 17 months.
During that period Robson – who reached her highest ranking of 27 in July 2013 after a solid run to the fourth round at Wimbledon – dropped outside the top four-hundred.
Robson will now play Hungarian fifth seed Timea Babos in the second round.
The former British number one dropped to 426th in the rankings during her comeback from injury and has since found herself eclipsed by compatriot Johanna Konta, who stormed to the semi-finals in the Australian Open in January.
Since returning from injury Robson has lost WTA first-round matches in Indian Wells, Miami and Charleston this year. She beat world number 117 Klara Koukalova in Stuttgart last week before losing in the final round of qualifying.
Results from the Rabat Grand Prix Women's Singles Round 1 matches
Richel Hogenkamp (Netherlands) beat 4-Irina Begu (Romania) 6-3 6-4
Kateryna Kozlova (Ukraine) beat Kaia Kanepi (Estonia) 7-5 6-1
Aleksandra Krunic (Serbia) beat Anastasija Sevastova (Latvia) 6-3 6-2
Sara Sorribes (Spain) beat Ons Jabeur (Tunisia) 6-0 6-2
8-Yulia Putintseva (Kazakhstan) beat Alison Riske (U.S.) 6-3 7-6(1)
Marina Erakovic (New Zealand) beat Andreea Mitu (Romania) 6-2 6-3
Tatjana Maria (Germany) beat Anastasia Rodionova (Australia) 6-1 6-4
Laura Robson (Britain) beat Ghita Benhadi (Morocco) 6-1 6-1
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