Robson takes Positives from Ivanovic Conquer.

Laura Robson's chances of making the French Open quarters the following month have received a boost don't mind the occasional British number two crashing out of the third round in Madrid.

Robson, who has been bang out of form of late, battled hard on Saturday and was one game far from beating Ana Ivanovic in advance of her confidence imploded, the 19-year-old eventually falling over the last-set tie break 5-7 6-2 7-6.

That it was a disappointing defeat for Robson, who started out being an outsider in the tennis betting odds, despite her defeat of Agnieszka Radwanska in the previous round. However, she are able to nevertheless take great benefits from her performance.

A day after announcing she provides split with coach Zeljko Krajan, Robson released battling in Madrid and rightly took the initial set. She survived a blip inside second to go 5-2 up within the last few and it was sole then that her product game failed her.

Around three sets, Robson hit 11 twice faults – including Ivanovic's go with point – but equated her experienced opponent for great swathes with the clash.

Compare this for the last time the two met – at Tokyo with 2011 – where Ivanovic made diligence of her two-set triumph, Robson failing to hidden 80% of her separate points.

Since then that Brit has matured in addition to, after ending a poor run of seven failures in nine matches, is actually firmly set to have fun with the French Open with at a minimum some confidence in her very own ability.

To beat Radwanska on clay was a greuling task but then to go up into against a former clay-based champion in Ivanovic was always planning to be too much designed for Robson.

Luckily, the world number 41 should earn a greater draw at Roland Garros and, if perhaps she can rekindle the confidence that earned your ex major success last summer time, is a good outside bet to help make the French quarters.

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