Watson returned the next day to secure a 6-7 (7), 7-5, 6-2 victory in Court 1. The 30-year-old Briton started another late Wednesday for her clash in the second round with Wang Qiang, which was stopped again due to poor lighting. Watson was a game away from winning the match 7-5, 5-4, but was forced to return on Thursday morning, where it completed the victory in just over a minute. She returned to the floor today to triumph over Kaja Juvan in an empty set, becoming the first British player to reach the fourth round of the tournament. However, No. 127 in the world was not happy with how it was planned so late in the day. “Honestly, I’m not doing very well anymore,” Watson told the BBC yesterday. “I slept less than four hours last night and I have been scheduled tonight not before 18:00 for a double. I think they are trying to kill me here to be honest.” Delayed finishes and early increases made Watson find it difficult to turn off when he returned home from the All England Club. He added: “At first I could not see, in the last four games neither of them could see the ball, they kept us on the field until it was almost dark. So it was very difficult to deal with. “When I was trying to serve it, the only thing I was focusing on was trying to hit the ball because I could barely see it. “Last night I was just trying to calm down because it was so late and I had to go back at 10.30 am, not much time to rest and recover. “It’s hard to sleep on command alone. You think a lot, the race is still going on, the adrenaline. I was trying to shut down and it just didn’t work out.” Watson has reached the third round of Wimbledon for the fourth time in her career and wants to advance to the second week of a Grand Slam for the first time. “I respect everyone in the draw. Everyone can play tennis,” he explained. “You see upheavals, especially in women’s play, just now because the power and depth is so great. “But yes, I see it as an opportunity, as I saw it today as an opportunity. And I also think that when people look at the draw and see me at Wimbledon on the grass, it’s not even an easy draw. . “I hope it will be a much better match than the US Open because I was not there that day.”
