Eaton: Impressive win

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British qualifier Chris Eaton pulled off a shock straight-sets win over Serbian Boris Pashanski on Tuesday to raise home spirits at Wimbledon.

Eaton, who won three matches at last week's qualifying event, claimed a 6-3 7-6 (8/6) 6-4 victory shortly before dusk descended on the All England Club.

The Surrey-based 20-year-old claimed the opening set and when he edged the second-set tie-break the packed crowd on Court Three sensed victory.

The Briton - ranked a lowly 661 in the world - continued to take the game to Pashanski and after the third set went with serve, he took his chance at just the right time.

Serving to stay alive at 4-5, Pashanski fell match point down and then sent a shot over the baseline to spark celebrations.

Eaton said: "It is fantastic, a dream come through. To win my match was phenomenal.

"The support was unbelievable.

"When you first walk out there, people are shouting and giving it everything, so you cannot not give it everything.''

He added: "The way I was playing and serving, I knew definitely I had a chance.

"All my hard work has paid off.''

Eaton will now play temperamental 25th seed Dmitry Tursunov, of Russia, in round two on Thursday.

However, Jamie Baker was unable to reproduce such heroics, although given recent events that was no surprise.

Baker has only just recovered after contracting the potentially life-threatening blood disease Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura, which left him in hospital in Miami just months ago.

He was able to take the court but duly went down 6-4 6-2 6-3 to Italy's Stefano Galvani.

Flustered

In the ladies' singles, Katie O'Brien let slip a strong position in the second set as she lost to Shahar Peer.

Peer, the Israeli 24th seed, showed her quality as she took the opening set 6-3 on Court 17.

However, British number two O'Brien came storming back in the second with two breaks of her opponent's serve.

That gave her a lead of 4-0 and then 5-1 but she collapsed as she struggled to serve out the set and force a decider.

Peer once more assumed control of the contest, winning the next six games to complete a 6-3 7-6 victory and move into the second round.

Afterwards, O'Brien was baffled by her collapse.

She said: "I couldn't even explain it myself at the moment. I didn't particularly get flustered or uptight.

"I felt like I was going for my shots, which was how I was trying to dictate the points, which was how I was getting success to get to 5-0.

"But to be fair to her, she turned the game around and she made an awful lot of balls.''

O'Brien added: "I am certain I can live with these players, but right now it is not about living with them, it is about beating them.''