Laura Robson proved again last week what a star in the making she really is.

Two weeks ago Laura took part in a $10,000 event in Limoges, France, the lowest level tournament on the ITF circuit. After coming through qualifying, the youngster won her opening match but unfortunately had to retire with a shoulder injury during her second-round battle.

Hardly an impressive debut! However, last week Robson took full advantage of her wildcard entry into the main draw of a $75,000 English event in Shrewsbury.

This level of tournament is a step up from Limoges and the teenager was up against some players ranked within the world’s top 150. I thought she might struggle against the more experienced players, but after a nervous start against fellow Brit Sarah Borwell, Laura proved she is ready to mix it on the professional tour.

In the second round, the Wimbledon Junior champion came across Urzula Radwanska of Poland, herself a winner of the junior Grand Slam event in 2007. Urzula is recognised as one of the future stars on the WTA tour and, indeed, her sister, Agnieska, has already broken into the world top 10 at the age of 19.

Urzula is regarded as a greater talent than her sister and has risen into the world top 130 already, having only played a handful of professional tournaments. But the Pole had no answer to the powerful strokes of the 14-year-old and Robson swept her opponent aside 6-3, 6-3 for a really impressive win.

In the quarter final, Laura came up against the hugely experienced Israeli Tzipora Obziler, 21 years Robson’s senior. Obziler has been a consistent player on the tour without ever really making her mark in the big tournaments.

She loves the game and still adores playing at the age of 35. But Robson came out a 6-3, 6-3 winner. Brilliant! In the semi-finals experience did eventually tell as Estonian Maret Ani, ranked just outside the world top 100, and the tournament’s second seed, won in three sets.

Robson was unable to take control of the third set having reeled off five straight games to take the second, and she can be well pleased with her performance in Shrewsbury.

Once she has played another professional tournament she will receive her first world ranking and is already guaranteed a place inside the world top 600 even if she loses in the first round.

She will probably have a limited schedule on the ITF tour next year due to age restrictions on the number of tournaments she can play, but I would fully expect the young Brit to crack the world top 200 sooner rather than later.

Gaining experience in every tournament, the future looks great for Robson and British women’s tennis. Anne Keothavong, Elena Baltacha and Melanie South maybe leading the way in British terms at the moment but it will not be long before Laura takes over as both junior and senior No.1.

There was more good news for the British girls in Mexico last week during the junior Federation Cup finals in San Luis. The girls did brilliantly to reach the final but fell to the USA after Tara Moore wasted a great opportunity to take the match into a deciding doubles rubber.

However, Moore was a sensation all week and looks a really bright prospect for Britain. In the semi-final match-up, Tara won a brilliant singles match against the very talented Belorussian Anna Orlik showing her pedigree for success.

Tara is just turned 16 and has begun to play on some of the ITF tournaments like Robson. She has had some success too, reaching the semi-finals of a $25,000 tournament in Felixstowe and winning a $10,000 event in Frinton in July.

With a bit more experience Moore could be another consistent top 100 player on the WTA tour before long and the future really does look bright for team GB.