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Watson into third round at SW19

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Heather Watson has become the first British female tennis player to reach the third round of Wimbledon for a decade.

The 20-year-old from Guernsey beat US star Jamie Lee Hampton 6-1 6-4 in round two, to follow-up her previous win over Iveta Benesova.
Watson went into the game ranked three places lower than her opponent and dominated from the off, winning the first set in less than half an hour.
She continued to show inspired play by engineering three break points to move 2-0 ahead, and even when broken herself by Hampton she managed to hold her nerve and break back immediately.
Watson converted her second match point to advance and admitted after the game her opponent "made it hard" for her but she was delighted with the performances so far at Wimbledon.
She told BBC Sport: "I always knew I could play this well, I could get far in these tournaments, but it's different playing like that in practice than bringing it onto the match court at big occasions with pressure.
"So I'm just pleased that it's finally clicking for me."
Watson will face Elena Vesnina or third seed Agnieszka Radwanska in the next round.

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