Winner: Laura Robson will meet Sloane Stephens in the third round of the Australian Open after beating Petra Kvitova in dramatic style SP59018
Wimbledon tennis star Laura Robson is the darling of the Australian Open after a beating the eighth seed Petra Kvitova in a dramatic late-night match.
The 19-year-old beat the 2011 Wimbledon champion from the Czech Republic 2-6, 6-3, 11-9 to reach the third round in Melbourne.
Her reward is a rematch with the American number 29 seed Sloane Stephens, who beat Robson in the first round of the Hobart International two weeks’ ago.
In a match that went beyond midnight local time, Robson lost the first set to the 22-year-old Grand Slam winner, only to charge back in the second and then hold her nerve in a 94-minute final set.
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