![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/i-was-junior-wimbledon-champ-tipped-for-glory-but-i-retired-for-cool-new-job/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/crop-23060600.jpg&description=ACE CHANGE Published : 15:35, 14 Jul 2023 Updated : 15:39, 14 Jul 2023 LAURA ROBSON was once tipped for tennis greatness but she is happy now she in a "cool new job". The retired tennis ace was a junior Wimbledon champion when she was 14 as she won the Girl's Singles despite being the youngest player in the draw in 2008. 6 Laura Robson is a former tennis prospect Credit: Instagram @laurarobson5 6 Robson was a junior Wimbledon champions at just 14 Credit: News Group Newspapers Ltd 6 She won silver at the 2012 Olympics Credit: Getty Images - Getty Once she was 18, Robson started to show that she could achieve her potential as she was named the WTA Newcomer of the Year after reaching the fourth round of the US Open. Robson also won the Olympic silver medal in the mixed doubles alongside Andy Murray at the London 2012 games. The following year she reached the fourth round at Wimbledon but then started to be hampered by injuries. The former British No.1 had wrist surgery as well as three hip operations which stopped her progress. Robson missed the entirety of the 2020 and 2021 seasons due to injury and announced her retirement last year. However, despite packing up her racket her love for the sport has not diminished. The 28-year-old has been working as a pundit for Eurosport and was also a tournament director for the Rothesay Open in Nottingham last month. Now she has landed a job at Wimbledon . Robson has been hired as part of the international player relations team. She told talkSPORT : "I think the appetite for tennis in the UK has been higher than ever over the last few weeks, but I'm at back at Wimbledon now and already planning my next holiday as I'm exhausted! "I think there are different ways at being a tournament director, but I really wanted to be involved in the behind-the-scenes aspect of it. "For me, I wanted to learn from the people that have run the events over the last few years, so we started back in January putting everything together. 6 Robson retired){kind=link}
LAURA ROBSON was once tipped for tennis greatness but she is happy now she in a “cool new job”.
The retired tennis ace was a junior Wimbledon champion when she was 14 as she won the Girl’s Singles despite being the youngest player in the draw in 2008.
Once she was 18, Robson started to show that she could achieve her potential as she was named the WTA Newcomer of the Year after reaching the fourth round of the US Open.
Robson also won the Olympic silver medal in the mixed doubles alongside Andy Murray at the London 2012 games.
The following year she reached the fourth round at Wimbledon but then started to be hampered by injuries.