Coco Gauff was forced to dig deep on her Wimbledon return before she ended the hopes of Great Britain's Francesca Jones with a straight-sets victory.
The American saw her career take off in 2019 when she reached the fourth round at SW19 as a 15-year-old and was back in the All England Club as one of the contenders for the title.
Yet Jones, on her main draw debut at Wimbledon, held her own and pushed the teenager all the way until her resistance was eventually broken with Gauff earning a 7-5 6-4 win.
A professional job on serve saw the opener wrapped up in 52 minutes but it did not get any more straightforward.
Wild card Jones remained confident and kept playing her shots with her belief buoyed by a run into the Australian Open main draw at the beginning of 2021.
A break point continued to elude the Briton though, but it was not the case for the American and in the seventh game of the second set it was taken to move within touching distance of the second round.
Jones won her service game to force Gauff to serve out for the match but two aces saw the number 20 seed begin her latest journey at the Championships on a positive note despite a tricky battle on Court Two.
