Watson and Broom suffer first-round exits
Written by I Dig SportsHeather Watson went out of Wimbledon in the first round, losing to Belgian Greet Minnen in straight sets.
The Briton was beaten 7-5 6-4 by the world number 80 on a packed court 18.
Watson was given a wildcard to enter her 14th tournament at SW19 after slipping to 199 in the rankings.
The 32-year-old trailed 4-1 in the first set but she used the crowd to rally brilliantly and won four consecutive games to serve for the set.
Watson seemed to tighten up, though, and her doubles partner Minnen forced her way back into taking a set lead.
The second set went with serve until the former British number one double-faulted to bring up match point for Minnen, with a long forehand from Watson ending her hopes.
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