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Robson: British prospect
Laura Robson kept the British flag flying at Wimbledon as she booked her place in the girls' final.
The unseeded 14-year-old demolished Romana Tabakova 6-2 7-5 on a packed Court Three to continue her remarkable progress at the All England Club.
She will now face Thailand's Noppawan Lertcheewakarn, the third seed, in Saturday's final on Court One.
And the Australia-born Londoner, the youngest player in SW19 this year, is taking the expectation in her stride.
"I try not to think about what people are saying," she said.
"But it's nice in a way because it means that everyone's thinking you are really good so I'm taking it as a compliment.
"This time next year I'd like to be playing seniors and if I win tomorrow I'll be considered for a wild card for next year's Wimbledon. That would be really good."
Tabakova's lack of sportsmanship was exposed in the eighth game of the second set when she bamboozled the home favourite with a sly underhand serve.
The tactic left Robson stranded at the baseline and earnt the petulant Slovakian a chorus of boos from unimpressed spectators.
Victim
American top seed Melanie Oudin and Serbia's Bojana Jovanovski, the ninth seed, have already fallen victim to Robson this week and she has yet to drop a set.
She raced into a commanding lead early in the opening set, breaking Tabakova in the second game and barely looking back.
Tabakova was being overwhelmed, struggling to cope with the ferocity of her opponent's precision from the baseline.
Two set points were saved in the eighth but Robson could not be denied on the third.
Serving to open the second set, her accuracy deserted her as she fired a routine winner wide to give Tabakova an early break.
The wobble continued into the third game when she conceded another break point but a powerful forehand dug her out of trouble.
Play was held up while Tabakova received treatment to her left thigh and she was clearly unhappy as she surrendered her serve in double quick time.
She was back in trouble in the 12th and fired match point into the net to keep alive Robson's bid to become the first Briton to win the Wimbledon girls' title since Annabel Croft in 1984.
After her win, Carl Maes, the LTA's Head of Women's Tennis, compared Robson with Kim Clijsters, the Belgian former world number one, who he coached from the age of 12 and saw reach the Wimbledon junior final 10 years ago.
But Maes said the British teenager should concentrate on the next six months before looking too far into the future.
"She plays at the same level (as Clijsters did) and on grass, perhaps even a bit better. But that's no guarantee that she'll take the same path. We'll have to see how she copes."
Clijsters won the US Open in 2005, one of 35 singles WTA tour titles, but injury forced her to retire last year at the age of just 23.
