Robson: Watching Murray win was like 'watching a horror movie'

For anyone observing Laura Robson as she watched the Wimbledon men's final earlier this month they would have been quite justified in thinking she was watching a slasher horror film.

Alone. On a stormy night.

Her hands were sweaty. She could not text her friends. At times she was down on her knees in front of her television in her flat in London.

And when the nerves got really, really bad, the only image she could see of British compatriot Andy Murray's 6-4, 7-5, 6-4 victory over Novak Djokovic was through the fingers of her hands, which were covering her eyes.

"I was so nervous, I was sitting in my living room and I was sweating," Robson said after her 4-6, 7-5, 6-2 victory over Japan's Ayumi Morita in the first round of the Southern California Open on Tuesday.

"I was trying to text my friends and my palms were so sweaty. I was on my knees in front of the TV and I couldn't watch. I was peeking through my fingers as well. It was so, so good."

The 19-year-old Robson, who had suffered disappointment when she crashed out of the Wimbledon fourth round to Kaia Kanepi, felt her Olympic silver-medal winning mixed doubles partner had control of the final, but was wary of the danger Djokovic posed.