Heather Watson gets the job done after eight minutes of play on Thursday
Heather Watson needed only eight minutes on Thursday to reach the third round at Wimbledon for the first time in five years with a straight sets victory over Wang Qiang.
The British No 3 saw her round two tie suspended on Wednesday night due to bad light after she had been broken while trying to serve for the match.
Booking her place in the 3⃣rd round of @Wimbledon for a 4⃣th time
🙌 @HeatherWatson92 🙌#BackTheBrits 🇬🇧 | #Wimbledon pic.twitter.com/QOYCmaeQka
— LTA (@the_LTA) June 30, 2022
Watson returned to Court 18 at 1.43pm and despite failing to take her first two match points, got the job done at the third time of asking to break again and secure a 7-5, 6-4 win.
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