Britain's Robson has the X-Factor

The CK Sportcenter in Kockelsheuer is just the other side of a grey industrial estate about 20 Euros in a taxi south of Luxembourg's old town.

It's no All England Club or Roland Garros and from the outside it looks like just another warehouse, but Laura Robson will look back on it in future years as the place where it all started.

The 14-year-old was first up on Centre Court at the Fortis Championships, but on a wet Tuesday lunchtime the crowd did not have to queue to get in.

About 80 spread themselves out on a couple of rather rickety stands, while Laura's Mum Cathy, agent Abigail Tordoff and coach Martijn Bok watched their girl walk out to the theme from Rocky.

The American guy from the WTA winced and Laura seemed faintly embarrassed by it all, but there she was, on court, in a main women's tour event for the first time - the youngest British player in history, surpassing Annabel Croft.

For one brilliant set she did not look out of place as she took on Iveta Benesova, who is ranked 42 in the world.

The 25-year-old Czech told me after the match that she is feeling old on tour now because the girls are getting younger and predicted that Robson will be a top 100 player inside a year.

She could afford to be nice because, despite losing the first set to Robson 6-1, she rattled off the next two as her strength and experience pulled her through.

In the third, Robson let out a scream of frustration as she finally succumbed 6-1 2-6 3-6.

But about an hour after stepping off court, she was far from downbeat and reminded us that she is only 14 and will to get stronger.

She's staying on in Luxembourg to play some doubles with Argentine Gisele Dulko and will also take the opportunity to watch the top players train and learn a bit more about life on tour.

Robson practised alongside world number five Elena Dementieva on Monday and called her "a beast, but in a nice way."

It is the physical side of the game that has left Robson most in awe, but again she knows that she has still got a lot of growing to do.

And it is that side of Robson that is most reassuring - that she is still only a girl and she knows it. There is no hurry.

The motivation, far from fame and money, is just what you would expect from a teenager. I reminded her about that scream in the third as the match was slipping away and her frustrations were bubbling up.

Her face lit up.

"I've got tickets for X-Factor," she explained. "And my Mum said I couldn't have them if I banged my racket or something so I tried to keep calm and hopefully one scream won't ruin it for me."