Tuesday 26 May 2015 08:23, UK
Heather Watson has set up a French Open second round clash against Sloane Stephens after victory on Monday.
She battled past France's Mathilde Johansson in a 6-3 7-5 win and will now meet the American Stephens, who defeated 2002 finalist Venus Williams.
Watson, the British No 1, was forced to come back from adversity - dropping a service game early in each set - but she reeled off four straight games to take the opener and cause Johansson to smash her racket in anger.
Johansson had the chance to serve and force a third set but erred vitally by firing the ball long, with Watson's nerves proving the difference.
Kyle Edmund ensured there will be two Britons in the second round of the men's draw after coming through an almighty tussle with Stephane Robert.
The 20-year-old, playing an opponent 15 years his senior and 429 places below him in the world rankings, recovered from a shaky start to win 2-6 6-4 6-3 5-7 6-2 and join third seed Andy Murray in the next round.
Robert broke twice to race into a 5-1 lead, wrapping up the opening set soon after. However, the Brit regained his composure for the start of the second set and picked up his first break to move 4-1 ahead.
Frenchman Robert pulled that game back in the seventh, but Edmund made the most of three break points in the 10th to level the match.
Another break followed for the world number 121 early in the third set and although Robert again pulled level, the Briton fashioned a 5-3 lead before serving out the set to move ahead in the match for the first time.
Robert's response was to move 3-0 and then 4-2 ahead in the fourth before Edmund was able to get things back on serve by winning the next two games. Robert broke again in the 12th to force a decider.
But Edmund opened up a 4-0 advantage and although Robert won back-to-back games, the Yorkshire-based player broke again and served out the match.
He'll face Nick Krygios in the next round and a third-round clash with Murray looms.
Aljaz Bedene's first Grand Slam in British colours ended in disappointment as he lost 6-3 6-4 6-7 (6/8) 6-3 to Austria's Dominic Thiem.
Bedene grew up in Slovenia but, after seven years training at Welwyn Garden City, the 25-year-old was granted UK citizenship in March and he hopes to be allowed to represent Great Britain in their Davis Cup quarter-final against France in July.
Ranked 75 in the world, and 38th on rankings points this year, Bedene certainly has potential but he is yet to go past the first round at a major tournament and his wait continues, despite a gutsy effort at Roland Garros.
World No 31 Thiem, who won his maiden ATP title in Nice last week, is currently one of the most exciting young talents on the circuit and while the 21-year-old was volatile enough to give Bedene flitting spells of hope, he did just enough to go through.
Bedene enjoyed most success when he varied his game, realising the strength of Thiem's elegant ground shots, but the tactical change came too late and his serve let him down too often to gain any sustained momentum.
Thiem then raced into a 4-0 lead in the second but the youngster then eased off and, again, Bedene rallied, claiming one break to make it 4-3 but his opponent regained his composure to serve out.
After eight losses of serve, the third set would be settled by a tie-break and Bedene looked on the brink when he trailed 6-4, but instead he saved both match points and won two more to force Thiem into a fourth.
The set started badly, though, for Bedene, who was broken in the fourth after missing a simple volley. The error proved decisive as Thiem served out to seal victory in three hours and 22 minutes.
Johanna Konta lost in three sets to Denisa Allertova. The 24-year-old was edged out in a fiercely contested opening set but levelled things up against her Czech opponent with a show of defiance in the second.
However, Allertova's superior world ranking eventually told as she claimed a 7-6 (19/17) 4-6 6-2 victory.
