Star into last eight

HEATHER WATSON has made it through to the quarter-finals of the British Junior National Championships under-18 singles.

The 16-year-old Guernsey star defeated Samantha Vickers, 17, of Sleaford, Lincolnshire, yesterday afternoon.

The score was 6-4, 6-3 in favour of the Sarnian who won the under-16 national title last year.

Watson had to come from 2-1 down in the second set to win a match which, due to rain, was moved indoors at the LTA headquarters in Roehampton.

'It was really close and I had to grind it out,' said Watson.

'She was playing really well and I had to battle it out in the second set.

'I was really proud of the way I battled. I could have let it slip.'