Wimbledon: Heather Watson reaches fourth round for first time

For the first time in her career, Heather Watson reached the last 16 of a Grand Slam in singles when she defeated Kaja Juvan at Wimbledon.

The number 121 defeated the number 21.

After securing the first-set tie-break at the fourth chance, she punched the air in joy as she converted her first match point.

Next up is German Jule Niemeier.

The world number 97 beat Lesia Tsurenko in the third round.

Last year, she missed a match point in her first-round match on Court One and described it as a disaster.

She equalled her best Wimbledon singles performance by ousting China's Wang Qiang in straight sets in the second round.

After her first two matches at Wimbledon were stopped late on Monday and Wednesday, the 12th-seeded woman has played singles every day so far.

Against the world number 62, she recovered from the disappointment of missing three set points in the first-set tie-break to take charge of the match - and eventually got over the line having at one point led five games in a row.

Despite three comfortable opening holds and a break point of her own, it wasWatson who first lost serve in the seventh game.

It was resilience that made the difference in the game. After leading the tie-break 6-3, she gave the set away with a double fault.

It was necessary again in the second set as a free-swinging Juvan rallied to claw back one of the three breaks she trailed by - and held four break points on her serve at 5-2.

The home crowd was on her back, but she fought back with a forehand volley.

She kissed the grass as she came back to the court to celebrate her victory.