Top seed Iga Swiatek reached the third round of the women’s singles with a tenacious straight-set win over Petra Martic at Wimbledon.
Croatian Martic pushed the Polish world number one in moments but lost her serve late in both sets in Swiatek’s 6-4, 6-3 win.
She also needed a lengthy medical timeout for a back injury in the opening set.
Swiatek’s victory extended her formidable win streak to 21 matches.
The 23-year-old is a five-time Grand Slam winner, although she has struggled on grass in the past, and has never advanced beyond the quarter-finals at SW19.
Swiatek will face Yulia Putintseva in the third round with the Kazakh player upsetting Czech 27th seed Katerina Siniakova 6-LOVE, 4-6, 6-2.
Ons Jabeur, runner-up at the past two Wimbledons, beat American Robin Montgomery 6-1, 7-5.
Meanwhile, Andy Murray’s farewell appearance at Wimbledon began with a straight-set defeat alongside older brother Jamie in the men’s doubles.
The two-time singles champion is playing at the All England Club for the final time before retiring later this year.
The Murray brothers arrived on to Centre Court – which had not hosted a first-round men’s doubles match since 1995 – to a standing ovation.
Another followed moments after they lost 7-6, 6-4 to Australian pair John Peers and Rinky Hijikata.
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