Wimbledon 2014: Britain's Naomi Broady wins as Johanna Konta is eliminated in round one

British No 4 Naomi Broady defeated Timea Babos 2-6 7-6 (9-7) 6-0 to clinch her first ever victory in the Wimbledon main draw, but Johanna Konta bowed out.

Broady lost in the first round on both of her previous two appearances in the tournament proper but this time made it through to round two after fighting back from a set down to win.

She seemed on course for another defeat when she lost the first set by a large margin but she edged a tight second set tie-break before completely dominating the decider. 

The result was a career highlight for Broady, who hit the headlines in 2007 when the LTA withdrew her funding after a picture of her on a night out emerged.

The Stockport-born player has funded herself ever since and says he father Simon has been crucial to her continued presence in the sport.

"This time last year I was lucky enough to get a wild card into the qualifying for Wimbledon," she said.

I was looking at doing first-aid courses, language courses, to become an au pair because I couldn't afford to play tennis.

"But the week before that, I was researching how to become an au pair, and I was going for Paris. I was looking at doing first-aid courses, language courses, to become an au pair because I couldn't afford to play tennis.

"Last year I won a round through qualifying and that gave me enough money for the next few tournaments.

Funding search

"I didn't want to stop at all: I've played some of the French money tournaments, to fund the national tournaments.

"It was literally to the point where I've won the tournament, cashed the cheque, bought my ticket and flown off to the next competition the next day.

"Finally wins started coming, and the difference a year can make is amazing: if you keep going, you never know when it's going to switch."

There was not such good news for fellow Brit Johanna Konta, who failed to reach the second round after she was beaten 6-4 3-6 6-4 by Shuai Peng.

Konta rose into the world’s top 100 for the first time on Monday but could not celebrate that achievement with a win at her home grand slam.

She fell at the first hurdle due to a string of unforced errors, becoming the first British player to bow out of the championships.

Konta surrendered the first set in frustrating fashion, slipping up on a fourth break and set point to hand her Chinese opponent the 10th game.

The British hope put that disappointment behind her by claiming an early break in the second set and went on to level the match after fending off a recovery from Peng.

Konta relinquished her serve at the start of the deciding set, only to break back immediately, but when Peng broke through for a second time she made the advantage count.