Laura Robson will have to be at her ‘dangerous’ best if she is to reach the second round of the Wimbledon Championships, according to her Olympic silver medal winning partner Andy Murray.

The British number one man was talking after a comfortable 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 win over German Benjamin Becker at centre court set up a second round meeting with Yen-Hsun Lu of Chinese Taipai.

But 19-year-old Robson, the British number one woman, faces a much stiffer test this afternoon when she takes on the 10th seed Maria Kirilenko on court one.

Murray said: “If she plays well, she’s definitely got a chance of winning, when she plays her best tennis, she’s very, very dangerous for the top players.

“And this surface suits the way she plays.”

He added: “But the most important thing for her is to make sure that she keeps working hard, setting goals and trying to improve.

“It can be difficult at the beginning of your career because if you have a good year, players start to take notice of you, coaches start to take notice of you, and they will work on better tactics and ways to play against you.

“That’s why, maybe, this year she has not played as well.

“But she will keep improving. She’s young and she has time on her side. And she’s a very good player, she just needs to keep on improving.”

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