Watson defeats ex world No. 7

Thursday 4th March 2010, 2:22PM GMT.

Heather WatsonHEATHER WATSON collected the biggest scalp of her fledgling senior career in Louisiana yesterday.

In the first-round proper of the $25,000 Hammond Tournament she won a three-set epic against former world number seven Nicole Vaidisova, of the Czech Republic, and a Wimbledon quarter-finalist in both 2007 and 2008.

Watson, who won 4-6, 7-6 (10), 7-6 (4), now plays the fifth seed Monique Adamczak.


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