Four knocked out as Emma Raducanu and two surprise packages lead charge

Emma Raducanu, Lily Mayazaki and Sonay Kartal flew the flag for Britain on the opening day of Wimbledon as four others dropped out of the competition.

Six of the seven Brits competing on Monday were handed wildcard entries with Kartal the only one who went through all three rounds of qualifying to make the main draw.

The 22-year-old was handed a tricky draw against No 29 seed Sorana Cirstea, but pulled off an incredible upset to knock the Romanian out. Cirstea took the opening set, but Kartal battled back to force a decider and it was one-way traffic from there. The British starlet bageled her experienced opponent to progress to the second round.

Emma Raducanu got the job done against Renata Zarazua REUTERS Heather Watson and Charles Broom lost in straight sets to Green Minnen and Stan Wawrinka respectively. Arthur Fery put up a huge fight against Daniel Altmaier after twice going a set down before forcing a fifth. But that proved too much for the 21-year-old was he lost the deciding set 6-1.

Liam Broady was unable to repeat his heroics from the previous two years where he reached the third round with wins over seeded players. He was up against Botic van De Zandschulp, who has struggled for form this season. It was seen as an opportunity for Broady to continue his impressive Wimbledon record of late. However, the British No 6 was unable to find an answer for his opponent as he lost in four sets.

It was a different story entirely for Mayazaki, who incredibly dropped just three games as she thrashed Tamara Korpatsch. The Japanese-born British tennis star had only ever won once in the main draw of a Grand Slam before and was up against an opponent currently ranked 79th in the world. But Miyazaki outclassed Korpatsch, who hit just three winners all match and made 26 unforced errors. It's the first time Miyazaki is through to the second round of Wimbledon and it pushes her close to a new career-best ranking.

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