article_snippet: Those who would love to see the lesser spotted Laura Robson back competing on a tennis court are learning that it is a question of hope trumping expectation.
article_snippet: Having withdrawn from the qualifying event of this week’s Miami Open, Laura Robson has now removed Laura Robson from the entry list to next month
article_snippet: ’s WTA Tour event in Bogota, and the new target for Laura Robson return appears to be the French Open in May.
article_snippet: That suggests Laura Robson is going to be left with at least 16 months of catching up to do when Laura Robson troublesome wrist is deemed fit for full tournament play again, having not played since the Australian Open in January last year.
article_snippet: Former British No Laura Robson Laura Robson protects Laura Robson wrist while out in London .
article_snippet: Nobody is more frustrated about this than Laura Robson herself, now 21 and without a world ranking.
article_snippet: Laura Robson would dearly love to be in Miami now, but instead is back practising over in Bradenton near Tampa at the IMG Academy.
article_snippet: Perhaps encouragingly, Laura Robson posted a picture of Laura Robson on Twitter doing a full, tendon-testing handstand.
article_snippet: Laura Robson admitted last summer that Laura Robson has shed tears over this hiatus in Laura Robson career, which has proved longer than feared since Laura Robson played Laura Robson last match in Melbourne before eventually undergoing wrist surgery.
article_snippet: Here this week Laura Robson manager, Max Eisenbud, issued a positive-sounding update while preaching patience:
article_snippet: Laura Robson’s been hitting the ball great in practice,” Laura Robson said.
article_snippet: It’s a question of waiting until the coaches think Laura Robson can play five matches in a week.
article_snippet: It’s all about when Laura Robson is ready to compete.
article_snippet: We don’t want to put Laura Robson in a situation where Laura Robson can’t play a full tournament.
article_snippet: ’s other clients include Maria Sharapova, whose intermittent struggles with Laura Robson shoulder have informed Laura Robson approach.
article_snippet: Sharapova seems to have won Laura battle, but there are other examples of players who show just what a tough road lies ahead for Robson - and that on the assumption that Sharapova shows a full-on appetite for hard work that has not always been evident.
highlights_snippet: Laura Robson has not played since Australian Open in January 2014 .
  
highlights_snippet: Laura Robson forced to cancel plans to return in the WTA Tour event in Bogota .