Watson into the quarter-finals

ANDY MURRAY may have bitten the New York dust unexpectedly early, but British interest at the US Open is being maintained by a Guernsey girl and the hot property that is Laura Robson.

Both girls have reached the quarter-finals of the junior singles and, quite possibly, could yet meet in an all-British final.

Not that the Heather Watson camp will be looking that far ahead as she now faces the highest seeded player left in the tournament, Thailand's world No. 2 and 2009 Wimbledon Junior singles champion, Noppawan Lertcheewakarn.

Watson came through her court eight third-round match in straight sets yesterday evening, ending the run of the unseeded German girl Annike Beck.

The 17-year-old former Ladies' College student won 6-4, 7-5 in 91 min., but made life difficult for herself by surrendering a big lead in both sets and, in the end, was made to really battle.