Caroline Dolehide had little trouble to put aside Russian Arantxa in her first round Wimbledon match, beating Russian Dutch 6-2, 6-2 after 68 minutes.

pegThe second round appearance in Wimbledon in 2024 was the first time she would make her out of the first round in SW19 since 2013. Caroline Dolehide It was still to book her first victory in Wimbledon, making the first round match between the 94th and 67th players an intriguing quite.

American Dolehide made her intentions known early with a break of love game in the first Russian service game. Unable to make a real impression against Dolehide, Russian accepted the first set after 33 minutes with a 6-2 score.

Trying to compensate for its first disappointing set, in which Russian reached a 46 percent first service rate and won only eight of its 21 return points, the former Dutch number 41 of the world stayed in the group for five matches. At the point of rest, however, Russian accepted a critical game. Dolehide won the following two matches and while the victory rose closer to the American, Russian struck three double mistakes and an uninhabited mistake to give Dolehide victory after 68 minutes.

Dolehide will meet with the 2024 champion Wimbledon Barbora Prekikova in the second round.

Check out all the match statistics in the Flashscore.