Watson marches on at Wimbledon
Watson marches on at Wimbledon
Britain's Heather Watson was the first woman
into the third round at Wimbledon with a comfortable 6-1 6-4 win over
Jamie Lee Hampton.
The 20-year-old earned high praise for defeating Czech
world number 52 Iveta Benesova 6-2 6-1 on Centre Court on Monday and
followed up with a solid victory in 77 minutes on court two.
Watson, who was schooled at the Florida tennis production line that
is the Nick Bollettieri Academy, won the opening five games and raced
through the opening stanza in 28 minutes.The Channel Islander continued the momentum by breaking Hampton, who stands three places higher at 100 in the world rankings, in the opening game of the second set.
But the American, conqueror of 27th seed Daniela Hantuchova in round one, levelled at 2-2 before three consecutive breaks followed.
The Guernsey youngster regained her grip by breaking in the eighth game and she served out to set up a last 32 meeting with either third seed Agnieszka Radwanska or Elena Vesnina, who crushed Venus Williams in round one.
Watson said: "I knew I had to come at her from the start and not give anything away, and I don't think Jamie was at her best in the first set. The second was tougher but I had to stay calm and focused. The crowd give you so much support and I did it for them."
Watson is the first British woman to reach the third round at SW19 since 2002 and Elena Baltacha and Anne Keothavong will look to join her on Thursday.
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