her fortunes picked up in 2008 making her first career quarterfinal in a $25,000 tournament in berri after qualifying. she then made her first semifinal in a $10,000 tournament in budapest. late in 2008, at a $25,000 event in traralgon, rogowska qualified and then made the quarterfinals. her final tournament of the year was a $25,000 tournament in sorrento, australia. rogowska broke through and won her first professional tournament at the age of 17– with the loss of only one set.