First British woman to reach WTA final since ‘90

Rising tennis star Laura Robson become the first British woman since 1990 to reach a main tour singles final on Friday when she defeated Sorana Cirstea 6-4, 6-2 in the WTA Guangzhou Open. The WTA’s youngest Top 100 player, will face Hsieh Su-Wei of Taiwan in the final on Saturday. The teenager is the first British woman to contest a WTA tour singles final since Jo Durie in 1990. Robson became British No.1 earlier this week after she defeated Kim Clijsters and Li Na during her impressive US Open run. She is also the first British woman to reach a WTA tour singles semi-final since Anne Keothavong at the Luxembourg Open in 2011.