Heather Watson crashes out of Wimbledon in first round after 6-2, 7-5 defeat by Barbora Krejcikova… with Czech star suffering a late injury scare
British number five Heather Watson exited Wimbledon in round one after a 6-2 7-5 defeat to 10th seed Barbora Krejcikova.
Watson made the fourth round in 2022, her best run at the All England Club, and enjoyed her time on Court One last summer but it was a different story this time.
Former French Open winner Krejcikova showed her growing confidence on grass with a dominant display to send the home favourite packing after one hour and 38 minutes.
In the first set, Watson fell to a 2-6 defeat as she was outplayed by her opponent but the second set saw her improve.
Krejcikova was unable to dominate as she did from the start, with Watson on the frontfoot.
Britain’s Heather Watson has crashed out of Wimbledon in the first round
With the Czech Republic tennis star seeing an injury scare, she returned to the court with her ankle heavily strapped as Watson sense blood.
However, she was unable to take advantage and fell to defeat in the first round.
Her defeat follows fellow brith Arthur Fery crashing out on Court No.1 earlier in the morning.
Daniil Medvedev beat the young Brit in straight sets at his first match back at Wimbledon since the Russia athlete ban last year.
