Britain Tennis - Aegon International - Devonshire Park, Eastbourne - 20/6/16 Great Britain's Tara Moore in action during the first round Mandatory Credit: Action Images / Peter Cziborra Livepic
(Reuters) - Tara Moore praised the influence of her mental coach Tony Lekic after the Briton registered a first ever singles victory at a grand slam tournament when she beat Alison Van Uytvanck in the opening round at Wimbledon on Tuesday.
Coming into the grasscourt tournament ranked 227th in the world, the wildcard overcame the Belgian ranked 100 places above her 6-3 6-2 to set up a second round encounter against Russian 13th seed Svetlana Kuznetsova.
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