Heather Watson put a nightmare year behind her as she progressed to the second round with a 6-1, 7-6 (5) victory against the Belgian Maryna Zanevska. Watson won the mixed doubles title last year but the British No2 was forced to take a wild-card entry for this year’s tournament after 12 months in which her ranking dropped from 55 to 102 in the world. The opening set eased past in 29 breezy minutes for Watson as she broke Zanevska twice and dropped just two points on her own serve. Watson was confident, matching the powerful groundstrokes of the Belgian and forcing
Jason Spriggs Womens Jersey mistakes from her opponent’s weak backhand. Johanna Konta shows no ill-effects in Wimbledon stroll past Hsieh Su-wei Read more But after a year in which the Briton competed in second-tier tournaments, some of which even required her to hire her own match balls, the second set revealed her confidence to be only skin deep. After Watson took an early break to go 2-0 up, Zanevska found her poise and her marks, hitting a succession of 108mph-plus aces and winning the lion’s share of rallies. With the set at 5-4 and Watson serving for the match, Zanevska found her best tennis and forced four deuces, then two challenges from Watson, before finally finding her break. The set went to a tiebreak and Watson looked frustrated, but a mini break was recovered and the Briton held her nerve to break again and win out 7-5 to relieved cheers from the crowd at No2 Court. Aljaz Bedene enjoyed one of the best wins of his career as he outlasted the big?serving Ivo Karlovic 6-7 (5), 7-6 (6), 6-7 (7), 7-6 (7), 8-6 in a match that lasted four hours and 25 minutes. There was just one break of serve in the entire match and it came in the last game as Bedene earned a victory that will move him back inside the world’s top 50. Petra Kvitova touched
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