British 29th seed Cameron Norrie demonstrated his superb form to the Wimbledon crowd with a gutsy first-round win over France's Lucas Pouille.

Norrie is seeded for the first time at a Grand Slam after a fine 2021.

The 25-year-old reached the Queen's final last weekend and showed his confidence again on the SW19 grass.

Norrie took the first of three match points when Pouille pushed a forehand wide, leading to joyous celebrations from the home crowd as he won a Wimbledon match for only the second time in his career.

While the casual British tennis fan might not have previously known much about Norrie, his remarkable form on the ATP Tour this year has made them take note.

Beating Pouille, a former world number 10 and 2019 Australian Open semi-finalist, was Norrie's 30th match win of the season, meaning only Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas and Russia's Andrey Rublev have recorded more.

Although Norrie lost in the Queen's final to Italian top seed Matteo Berrettini, that has not shaken his confidence.

Neither was he disturbed by having to return to court on Wednesday lunchtime after darkness stopped his opener against Pouille.

Norrie dropped only one point on serve in the first seven games of the second set, threatening a break at 5-4 before taking the set on Pouille's next service game.

After complaining before the third set about there not being any bananas for him to eat, the Frenchman seemed to lose focus as Norrie won the final four games for the third set.

Pouille raised his level again in the fourth and broke for 3-2, only for a calm and composed Norrie to win an entertaining match with three breaks in what proved to be the final five games.

Norrie faces Australian wildcard Alex Bolt next as the Briton looks to reach the third round of a Grand Slam for the fourth successive tournament.

In the women's singles, British wildcard Samantha Murray Sharan lost 6-3 6-3 to Romania's Sorana Cirstea in their delayed first-round match.

Murray Sharan, 33, last played in the Wimbledon main draw in 2014 and, although the world number 230 acquitted herself well, she could not reach the second round for the first time on her third attempt.