Sabalenka sails through Kostovic test and into Wimbledon Second Round

[p]Still ‌smarting from an unsettling French ‌Open exit, the world number one was laser-focused on Centre ‌Court as she won the ⁠opening ‌four games against the lowly ranked [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kostovic-teodora/Mep3VSso/"]​Kostovic[/a].[/p][p]She was eventually made to work and there was ​a minor blip when she dropped serve at 5-2 in ⁠the second ​set but it was only a temporary delay as she avoided any possibility of the ‌sort of collapse she suffered in Paris against Diana Shnaider.[/p][p][b]"I'm super excited to be back,"[/b] she told a crowd that included former England football captain Sir David Beckham.[/p][p][b]"I was happy I could close [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/kostovic-t-Mep3VSso/sabalenka-a-vyhksgUB/?mid=fJxFV3vQ"]this match[/a] ‌in straight sets. For the ​first match I feel pretty ‌good, maybe eight out of 10."[/b][/p][embed guid="ff67598d-2e38-4a6a-8155-1c3bffc10a02" url="https://x.com/Wimbledon/status/2071648914772463729" social-type="twitter" /][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sabalenka-aryna/vyhksgUB/"]Sabalenka[/a], a losing semi-finalist on her last three visits to Wimbledon, will take on ⁠American McCartney ⁠Kessler next.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/tennis/wta-singles/wimbledon/"]Follow all the action from SW19 on Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]