Emma Raducanu will be hoping history repeats itself after she beat Mimi Xu to reach the second round at Wimbledon.
The 22-year-old was handed an intriguing opening match against fellow Briton Xu, who received a wildcard to make her Grand Slam debut.
Raducanu broke in the first game of the match and from there the result never looked in serious doubt, as she eased to a 6-3 6-3 win over the 17-year-old.
The British number one will now face 2023 Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova and that should bring back happy memories for Raducanu.
She beat Vondrousova in the second round at SW19 in 2021 as she stormed to the fourth round as an 18-year-old, before weeks later enjoying her stunning run to the title at the US Open.
There is no expectation of something similar happening again four years later but this was a confident start to her Wimbledon campaign from Raducanu, with no signs of the back issues that have caused problems in the build-up to this tournament.
"I'm super pleased to have come through that match,” Raducanu said.
“It is so difficult playing against another Brit in the first round. When the draw came out, I can't say that I was loving it. Mimi is a really dangerous player, she is so young and she has some amazing weapons at her disposal.
"I think I had some really good patches and then I had some moments where I lost my focus and Mimi was able to come back. I'm really happy with how I toughed it out in the crucial games and won the important points today."
Raducanu took advantage of some early nerves from Xu to break in the opening game and was rock solid on serve from there. Raducanu did not face a single break point in the first set and won all 13 points behind her first serve.
Xu hit more winners than Raducanu but paired that with four times the number of unforced errors, giving her opponent a regular supply of free points.
The teenager stepped up to serve to extend the set at 5-3 down but could not do so, a forehand flying wide to give Raducanu the opener in 37 minutes.
It looked like being a sprint to the finish when Raducanu broke for a 2-0 lead in the second, even if she did need five break points to do so.
But her dominance on serve suddenly disappeared in a topsy-turvy spell as the pair exchanged five straight breaks, Raducanu immediately pegged back on two occasions when seemingly taking complete control of the match.
Eventually the pressure did tell on Xu, Raducanu breaking to love with a superb forehand down the line and this time she consolidated it for a 5-2 lead.
Xu impressively then held to give herself another chance of getting it back on serve and threatened to do so at 0-30, but Raducanu reeled off four straight points to secure the win.
She now faces a major test against former champion Vondrousova, who won the title in Berlin earlier this month to provide further evidence of her grass-court credentials.
The winner of that match between Raducanu and Vondrousova is likely to face world number one Aryna Sabalenka in the third round.
