Heather Watson since wild label in to Sony Ericsson Open on WTA Tour debut

By Mark Hodgkinson 742PM GMT twenty-two March 2010

Into the crack Heather Watson"s place in Sony Ericsson Open is her prerogative for winning the youth US Open pretension in New York last Sep Photo GETTY IMAGES

Watson, Britains alternative girls grand impact champion, and a teen from the Channel Islands ranked outward the womens tip 400, has been since a wild label in to the Sony Ericsson Open, a contest in Miami that is infrequently referred to as the fifth grand slam. One thing you could never contend about the tennis in south Florida is that it is low-key; it wouldnt be the relations shade of an indoor gymnasium in the Grand Duchy.

This is Watsons prerogative for winning the youth US Open pretension in New York last September, following on from Robsons 2008 Wimbledon success. Even prior to the pull was done on Monday, you can suppose that Watson was feeling concerned forward of the critical week of her comparison career.

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Among the alternative players on the list of womens wild cards are Justine Henin, a former universe No 1 and a leader of 7 grand impact titles, and Jelena Dokic, a former Wimbledon semi-finalist. Though Watson has been winning matches in America this month, that has been at the bottom turn of the general veteran circuit, at small tournaments a prolonged approach from the main tour, and her victories have brought her only a couple of hundred dollars in prize-money.

One of her wins in the States came opposite Nicole Vaidisova, a former French Open semi-finalist, from the Czech Republic. Though, in truth, that outcome probably told you some-more about the decrease of Vaidisova than it did about Watson, a seventeen year-old from Guernsey ranked 406 in the world, that creates her the British No 11.

In the mens tournament, Andy Murray will try over the entrance fortnight to keep the pretension he won for the initial time last season.