Tuesday 27 June 2017 13:05, UK
Britain's Marcus Willis stayed on course for a return to the main draw at Wimbledon after winning his first qualifying match on Monday.
Willis - having missed out on a main-draw Wimbledon wildcard - took on Slovakia's Andrej Martin in the first qualifying round after receiving a wildcard for the event.
In front of around 150 spectators - including baby daughter Martha - Willis ran out an impressive 7-5 7-5 winner.
The 26-year-old from Slough won six matches in pre-qualifying and qualifying to reach the Championships last year, before losing to seven-time champion Roger Federer in the second round.
That day Willis delighted the Centre Court crowd with some audacious shot-making, and even elicited the odd smile and nod of appreciation from Federer, as he went lost 6-0 6-3 6-4.
Since his SW19 heroics of 2016, Willis has halved his world ranking to 387, but was still facing a player 241 places higher.
Willis took the first set against Martin in 25 minutes, breaking his opponent in the 11th game.
Willis repeated the trick in the second set, breaking Martin to love before serving out to secure another higher-ranked scalp.
The victory set up an all-British clash in the second round with Liam Broady who beat Canadian Frank Dancevic 6-2 6-3.
Whoever wins between Willis and Broady will need to survive one further match to qualify for Wimbledon
Willis said: "It's great having a home crowd and people cheering for you.
"I'm not putting any pressure on myself. It feels different to last year. I'm happy to be here again but after what I did last year doing less could be disappointing.
"I was disappointed not to get a wildcard but I'm determined to get through. I've played Liam a few times. I've won a few and lost a few. He's a very good player.
"I know what he is going to bring and he knows what I am going to bring. It will be a chess match tomorrow."
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