Katie Swan defies rankings gulf to give Britain a first Wimbledon 2018 winner
The teenager played a highly impressive match.
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British rising star Katie Swan pulled off the finest win of her fledgling career by dumping world number 36 Irina-Camelia Begu out of the first round at Wimbledon.
The 19-year-old world number 201 produced an inspired performance to triumph 6-2 6-2, in a composed and controlled victory in front of a packed Court 14 crowd.
Bristolian Swan conceded 165 places in the world rankings to her Romanian rival, but promptly dismantled a stunned Begu, to reach Wimbledon’s second round for the first time.
Swan will now face the winner of the first round clash between 29th seed Mihaela Buzarnescu and Aryna Sabalenka, who lost last week’s Eastbourne final to Caroline Wozniacki.
