Petra Kvitova has survived a scare in the opening round at Wimbledon to progress to the second round.
The eighth seed was forced to a deciding set by American Coco Vandeweghe before recording a 6-1 5-7 6-4 win.
The 2011 champion looked untouchable in the first set, securing two early breaks of serve to give herself a comfortable lead, allowing Vandeweghe to hold serve just once.
However, the 21-year-old learned from the first set and was able to match her Czech opponent for much of the second, before taking advantage of a series of errors by Kvitova, including five double faults, to secure the break that helped her level the match and take it to a deciding set.
There was little between the two players early in the final set, but Kvitova made fewer mistakes and was able to go a break ahead.
The former Wimbledon winner had a chance to seal the match while 5-3 up on Vandeweghe's serve, but the American was able to hold to force her opponent to serve out the match in the next game.
Kvitova will face Kazakhstan's Yaroslava Shvedova in the second round.
Sian Cowper
