Elena Baltacha won in straight sets on day one of the Olympic Games tennis event but there were defeats for the other members of the Team GB tennis squad on Saturday at Wimbledon.
The British No.4 defeated Hungary's Agnes Szavay 6-3, 6-3 to become the first member of Team GB into round two of the Olympic Games tennis event.
"Amazing," said the Brit afterwards, "I was a bit nervous in the changing room, but I got my gear on and looked in the mirror and thought I’m just so privileged and so proud to be playing for my country and it was such a dream of mine. The fact that I’m an Olympian I still have to pinch myself."
It was an inspired display by the British world No.102 winning twice the number of games as she outhit and outmanoeuvred her Hungarian opponent to set up a round two clash with 11th seed Ana Ivanovic.
On playing the Serb, Baltacha continued: "Great, I've got nothing to lose, she’s the one who should be beating me. I know I’ll have to play well but Ana’s very up and down and if she plays an unbelievable match and takes me out then too good but I’m definitely going to dig deep and see what can happen, you never know."
The next Team GB players to get their campaigns underway were Andy & Jamie Murray who took on Austria's Melzer & Peya in front of a packed Court 2 crowd, but despite a strong start the duo eventually went down in a narrow 5-7, 7-6(6), 7-5 scoreline.
Andy Murray said afterwards: "We had our chances to win, it just came down to a couple of points here and there. It wasn't a match we were necessarily expected to win, those guys are very experienced doubles players."
Despite the loss the brothers were keen to recognise the occasion. Andy continued: "It was a very proud moment for both of us, and our families as well I'm sure. Right now it's disappointing to lose as we have to wait a long time to get the opportunity again."
On Centre Court Anne Keothavong made her Olympics debut as she took on world No.8 Caroline Wozniacki, but, after a strong start, was unable to stay ahead, eventually falling 4-6, 6-3, 6-2.
"It was pretty tough for me," said Keothavong afterwards, "I don't feel like that was a match I lost, I felt like she beat me. She got better, she was the better player."
Summing up the experience as a whole the Briton continued: "Being on Centre Court was amazing, the people who were there made plenty of noise. This is my first Olympics and inspires me to get out there and work for the opportunities to be out there again come Wimbledon next year."
The second GB men's doubles pair then took to the court as Colin Fleming & Ross Hutchins played France's Julien Benneteau & Richard Gasquet but after a close first set the duo went down 7-5, 6-3.
Fleming said afterwards: "We're disappointed because we worked so hard towards this, and speaking from my perspective I didn't play anyway near my best. It's tough to take."
Hutchins went on: "They're good players, they play doubles a lot of the time, and they just played better than us, we didn't serve well, we could have done everything better."
The final result of the day saw young British duo Heather Watson & Laura Robson lose out 1-6, 6-4, 6-3 to top 20 German players Sabine Lisicki & Angelique Kerber, but the British pair both still have singles matches to look forward to.
Commenting on her day Watson said: "Today wasn't our best day but I'm still enjoying the whole Olympics experience, this is a once in a lifetime opportunity."
Robson added: "It's a disappointing loss for us. But it was really great out there and I'm sure we'll both have great support in our singles."
On day two Andy Murray, Watson and Robson will all play their singles matches as they look to join Baltacha in the second round of their respective events.
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