Wimbledon tennis starlet Laura Robson may have feared a whitewash on Monday, but world number four Jelena Jankovic believes she didn’t have too much to worry about.

The 16-year-old Australian-born Brit crashed out of SW19 6-3 7-6 after a spirited performance on her centre court debut, that saw her come from a break down and save two match points in forcing a second set tie-break.

Jankovic ultimately proved too strong for the youngster, but Robson insists she enjoyed the experience and will be back again having secured opening day credibility.

“It’s not as intimidating as it seems. I’d like to play on it again. It obviously depends on how I do in the future,” she said.

“I was a lot more nervous this morning when I woke up. When I got onto the court, I was just trying to focus on not losing 6-0, 6-0.

“I thought it was going to be a lot more overwhelming, but the court’s not as big as it seems on TV.

“It was really good to play on centre. It was good there were loads of people cheering me on.”

Former Wimbledon junior champion Robson, who was finishing GCSE exams this time last year, has put her education on hold to concentrate on her tennis.

And Jankovic reckons it could be a good career move providing she is prepared to work hard enough.

“I think she has a good potential. She’s very young. I think she has a good game. She served especially very well. I think that's one of her strengths,” she added.

“It’s really amazing because she’s very young and she has a really great serve - especially her first serve.

“I think her second serve can be attacked, but her first serve, when it’s going in, it’s very tough to return, especially on grass courts where the ball skids.

“I think she can [break into the top ten]. Especially coming from England, I think they have great facilities, they have great coaches, they have everything in order for her to become a great player.

“But at the end of the day, it all comes to her, her mentality, her hard work and how much she’s willing to give on the court."