Tennis followers struggled to recognise former Junior Wimbledon champion Laura Robson.
The London 2012 mixed-doubles Olympic silver medallist has been on punditry responsibility Down Under for the Australian Open. Robson, 30, is presently working for Eurosport having retired from skilled tennis in May 2022.
Fourteen years after bursting onto the scene by successful Junior Wimbledon aged 14, she was compelled to stroll away from the game prematurely after three gruelling hip operations. However, now she is watching and commenting on the sport as a media character as an alternative of a participant fielding troublesome questions at a press convention, tennis followers have fallen in love along with her another time.
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Robson has been finishing up post-match, courtside interviews with gamers for the broadcaster. In a current Instagram publish, she donned a pointy pink jacket and skirt swimsuit mixture which resonated properly along with her admirers.
One notably impressed fan stated: “I feel like we get to see so much more of Laura Robson’s personality on TV doing punditry than we ever did in post-match talks etc. She’s awesome.” Another stated she was “unrecognisable” from her taking part in days whereas one other fan stated: “Laura Robson has the making of a very good broadcaster.”
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Another fan couldn’t consider their eyes after they stated: “I almost didn’t recognise a glammed-up Laura Robson, even though I recognised her voice.”
While many discovered themselves saying “is that really her”, different followers merely watched and admirer her punditry. “Laura Robson is a real gem and I hope she stays on the bright side of British punditry”, stated one tennis fan.
(Image: Stuart Robinson)
Robson is coming as much as her second yr of retirement from the game. In 2022, when requested by the BBC to summarise her ideas about strolling away from the sport, she stated: “It feels bizarre to say out loud, however I’m achieved, I’m retired.
“I’ve kind of recognized that for some time due to what I used to be informed by the docs final yr, however I feel it simply took me so lengthy to say it to myself, which is why it took me so lengthy to say it formally.”