Robson goes through

Junior world number one Laura Robson booked her place in the second round of the girls' singles at the French Open with a 2-6 6-4 6-3 win over Russia's Karina Pimkina.

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The 15-year-old, who is the reigning Wimbledon girls' champion and finished runner-up at the Australian Open in January, dropped her serve twice in the opening set as she struggled to get to grips with the surface.

But the Melbourne-born Brit quickly bounced back, breaking in the eighth game of the second set before racing through the third to book a second round meeting with Poland's Sandra Zaniewska.

"I do like (clay) but obviously my game suits a faster surface," said Robson, who will sit one of her GCSEs in Paris during the tournament.

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"I'm trying to change my game to suit clay more. But I don't like what it does to my socks!

"To be honest, my expectations aren't that high, I'm just going match by match and see how it goes."

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