LONDON, July 3 (Reuters) - Casper Ruud found his groove on grass after a wobble as the world number four battled past French qualifier Laurent Lokoli 6-1 5-7 6-4 6-3 to reach the Wimbledon second round on Monday and match his best showing at the Grand Slam.
"I take every match as an underdog," Ruud said following just his fourth Tour-level match win on grass.
"At Wimbledon, I don't have the perfect game to play on grass but today I did quite well.
Laurent maybe was a bit nervous, maybe it's one of the first times he plays on a big court like this," Ruud said.
"Honestly, for me too it was the first time playing on Court One so I was also a bit nervous.
Persons:
Casper Ruud, Laurent Lokoli, Ruud, cranking, Laurent, Lokoli, Roland Garros, Liam Broady, Frenchman Constant Lestienne, Shrivathsa Sridhar, Ken Ferris, Toby Davis
Organizations:
Wimbledon, Thomson
Locations:
Norwegian, Bengaluru