Ukrainian wildcard Elina Svitolina beat Belgian 28th seed Elise Mertens to reach the third round at Wimbledon on day four.
In a court two match of contrasting sets, the 28-year-old won 6-1 1-6 6-1.
Svitolina dominated the opener before appearing to struggle with something in her eye in the second, but she regained form to take victory.
On court 12, French Open runner-up Karolina Muchova suffered a shock first-round exit to Jule Niemeier.
The Czech 16th seed sustained a leg injury after falling over in the deciding set and went down 6-4 5-7 6-1 to German Niemeier, who reached the quarter-finals at Wimbledon last year but is ranked 87 places below Muchova.
Svitolina’s win against Mertens might be seen as an upset, but the world number 76 has reached the semi-finals of two Grand Slams and only fell down the rankings after stepping away from the sport to have a baby last year.
She returned to the tour in April following the birth of her daughter in October 2022, reaching the French Open quarter-finals last month and securing a comprehensive first-round Wimbledon victory over seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams.
Svitolina will face 2020 Australian Open winner Sofia Kenin in the third round after the American qualifier eased past China’s Wang Xinyu 6-4 6-3 on Thursday.
Two other Ukrainians, Lesia Tsurenko and Anhelina Kalinina, also secured wins, with Kalinina waiting an extra two days to play her first-round match against Spain’s Jessica Bouzas Maneiro – which she won 6-4 6-3 – because of rain delays at the All England Club.
Tsurenko moved into the third round for the third time with a straightforward 6-4 6-1 win over Czech player Katerina Siniakova.
Two-time major champion Victoria Azarenka also advanced with a 6-3 6-0 victory over Argentina’s Nadia Podoroska, while former US Open winner Bianca Andreescu won her delayed first-round match against Anna Bondar 6-3 3-6 6-2.
Andreeva ‘too shy’ to talk to Murray
Teenager Mirra Andreeva, playing her first senior grass-court tournament, advanced to the third round when Czech 10th seed Barbora Krejcikova retired trailing 6-3 4-0.
The 16-year-old Andreeva, who reached the third round at Roland Garros last month, came through qualifying to reach the main draw, having never played on grass before.
Andreeva previously credited Britain’s Andy Murray for inspiring her to win the first Grand Slam match of her career in Paris.
“I met Andy Murray here. But I’m too shy to talk to him,” she said on Wednesday.
“When I see him, I try to leave the facility super quick just to not to talk to him because I’m super shy.”
Andreeva, who will either play Russian compatriot Anastasia Potapova or fellow qualifier Kaja Juvan next, said she hopes to play on Centre Court if she makes a deep run at SW19.
“Before I would be definitely scared to play on the Centre Court, but now I want to play on the court with tribunes,” she said.
“If maybe the supervisors will see this press conference, I will tell straightaway I want to play on the court with tribunes.”
