Saturday, September 22, 2012
Robson's loss prolongs Britain's wait for WTA title
(Reuters) - Britain's wait for its first WTA singles winner since 1988 was prolonged after teenager Laura Robson lost to Su-Wei Hsieh of Taiwan in Guangzhou on Saturday.
Robson, who won a silver medal in mixed doubles with Andy Murray at the London Olympics last month, went down 6-3 5-7 6-4 in a hard-fought match.
Tennis player Laura Robson waves during a parade of British Olympic and Paralympic athletes through London September 10, 2012. REUTERS/Neil HallThe London-based 18-year old was Britain's first woman to play a WTA singles final since Jo Durie reached a main tour final in 1990 at Newport, United States.
Sara Gomer was the last British woman to win a WTA singles title in 1988.
(Reporting by Sudipto Ganguly in Mumbai; editing by Mark Meadows)
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