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Robson progresses to quarter-finals

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Wednesday 28 January 2009 12:14 GMT
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Laura Robson continued her fine form with another straight sets victory over Silvia Njiric in the Australian Open junior girls' singles tournament.

Young Briton Robson, who was born in Australia, beat her Croatian opponent 6-4 6-2 to ease into the quarter-finals.

The 15-year-old, seeded fifth at the tournament, will play Elena Bogdan of Romania in the last eight.

Meanwhile, Heather Watson, also reperesenting Britain, is through to the quarter-finals after defeating Japan's Miyabi Inoue 7-6 (7-1) 4-6 6-4.

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