Tennis player Laura Robson caught up in Las Vegas massacre

Laura Robson was at the Route 91 music festival when a shooter started firing on the crowds. Photo / Laura Robson / Instagram

British tennis player Laura Robson has reassured her fans that she is okay after finding herself in the middle of the terror on the Las Vegas Strip.

A gunman killed at least 50 people, and injured a further 200, after opening fire on crowds at a country music event from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay hotel.

Robson, 23, was among those in attendance at the Route 91 festival and posted a picture of herself on her Instagram feed in the hours before the atrocity occurred.

I'm okay. We were right there.. sounded like fireworks at first then everyone started running. Scary shit

— Laura Robson (@laurarobson5) October 2, 2017

She witnessed the panic and horror first hand, and described her ordeal as 'scary s***'.

After being asked by a follower on Twitter how she was, Robson replied: 'I'm okay.

'We were right there.. sounded like fireworks at first then everyone started running. Scary s***.'

Robson has been competing in tournaments on the US west coast over the past few weeks, most recently in Templeton in California.

The Brit - a keen music fan - is understood to be due to return to the UK this week after finding herself with a spare weekend in the US.

The first tournament she played in her spell in the US was in Las Vegas, so she returned to the city on her