LONDON -- British No. 4 Aljaz Bedene came through a marathon five-set clash with 21st seed Ivo Karlovic to book his place in the second round at Wimbledon.
After four hours and 25 minutes, four tie-breaks and 61 service games, Bedene finally broke the big-serving Croatian in the 14th game of the decider to advance 6-7 (5), 7-6 (6), 6-7 (7), 7-6 (7), 8-6.
Victory capped a remarkable afternoon for Bedene, who pulled out of Queen's last month due to a wrist injury.
"Any win is a good win," Bedene said in his post-match press conference.
"I didn't want to leave because it did feel good. I wanted to give something back, as well, because they were supporting me. I don't mind giving a few selfies and autographs. That was my contribution to them because I just wanted to say thank you to all of them who came out and supported me today."
Johanna Konta got her revenge over French Open conqueror Su-Wei Hsieh as she reached the second round with a straight sets victory.
Briton Konta lost to Hsieh in the opening round at Roland Garros five weeks ago but gave a confident showing to advance on Court No. 1 Monday.
It was an encouraging performance from Konta, who did not appear to show signs of the spinal injury that forced her to retire from Eastbourne last week. The world No. 7 will face either Croatia's Donna Vekic or Russia's Natalia Vikhlyantseva for a place in round three.
"I'm feeling well. I said after I'd hit on Sunday, yesterday, that that was kind of the first test to see how I was doing. I felt absolutely fine. And it was no different today," Konta said.
There was also joy for Heather Watson, who saw off Belgian Maryna Zanevska 6-1, 7-6 (5) on Court No. 2.
However, there was disappointment for Laura Robson, Naomi Broady and Cameron Norrie, who all suffered defeat in their first round matches.
Robson admitted she was "overwhelmed with nerves" after crashing out at the first hurdle.
World No. 189 Robson, who was handed a wild card for the Grand Slam, suffered a 6-4, 6-2 defeat to Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia.
"I just didn't feel like I played my best tennis at all," former British No. 1 Robson said. "It wasn't the way that I've been playing the last few weeks, even. I do feel I let myself down out there.
"I just never really let myself get into the match. Just a bit overwhelmed with nerves when I first got out there, then tried to play too perfect when really I didn't need to go for so much."
Tournament debutant Norrie started strongly against 12th-seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, but the Frenchman secured a comfortable 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 win.
Norrie, who was born in South Africa but brought up in New Zealand by his British parents, was given wild-card entry to Wimbledon after he gained his first Tour-level match win at Eastbourne.
"I just lost a little bit of focus," Norrie said. "I played one loose service game in each set, and it cost me. I'm not used to playing guys at this level. It's a good learning experience, and I will know next time to work on my concentration and my volleys a little bit."
And it was a familiar tale for Broady, who lost in the opening round at SW19 for the fifth time in six visits. The British No. 2 fell 6-4, 6-2 to Irina-Camelia Begu.