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Jodie Burrage is ranked 108th successful the world, pursuing the champion twelvemonth of her career| Venue: All England Club Dates: 3-16 July |
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Britain's Jodie Burrage looked flooded by nerves arsenic her Centre Court debut astatine Wimbledon ended successful an hr with decision by 11th effect Daria Kasatkina.
Burrage, 24, earned her archetypal triumph astatine the All England Club connected Monday but mislaid 6-0 6-2 to Kasatkina successful circular two.
The British fig 2 won conscionable 7 points successful a 19-minute opening set.
Burrage broke aboriginal successful the 2nd but, aft a rainfall delay, mislaid momentum arsenic Kasatkina won 5 consecutive games erstwhile they returned to scope the past 32.
Burrage was 1 of 7 British players owed to instrumentality to the tribunal connected Wednesday, with 87 matches scheduled aft downpours connected Tuesday forced astir of time 2 astatine the Championships to beryllium postponed.
However, time 3 besides got disconnected to a bedewed commencement and play connected the outer courts started astir 2 hours aboriginal than planned astatine 12:45 BST.
There was besides different unplanned stoppage erstwhile environmental protesters ran onto Court 18, throwing confetti and a jigsaw onto the aboveground during the lucifer betwixt Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov and Japan's Sho Shimabukuro.
More to follow.
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