Ostapenko still flying high

When Jelena Ostapenko traveled home to Latvia following her bolt-from-the-blue triumph at the French Open last month, she was invited to sit in the cockpit with the captain.

On Monday, her feet initially barely touched the ground as she soared past Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus in the opening set but eventually had to settle for a topsy-turvy 6-0, 1-6, 6-3 first-round win to equal her best showing at Wimbledon.

The 20-year-old's match against the 89th-ranked Sasnovich was switched from Court Three to 18 at short notice after local hope Aljaz Bedene and Ivo Karlovic's marathon tussle stretched into a fifth set.