Amanmuradova reaches second round of Pattaya tournament

Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.uz) -- Akgul Amanmuradova from Uzbekistan qualified to the second round of Pattaya Open in Thailand.

In the first round, she faced Britain's Laura Robson, who had to pull out due to injury. Robson was trailing Akgul Amanmuradova 5-2 in the opening set when she was forced to pull out.

The 18-year-old - ranked 118th in the world - was beleaguered by injury towards the end of last year, and played in the Australian Open less than a month after coming off crutches following a shin stress fracture. She