Heather Watson beats third seed Anett Kontaveit to progress in Luxembourg

ByPA Sport

Updated 18/10/2017 at 10:57 GMT

Heather Watson claimed a hard-fought straight-sets victory over third seed Anett Kontaveit in the second round of the Luxembourg Open.

Heather Watson of Great Britain returns a shot during her doubles match with Sloane Stephens of the USA against Andrea Hlavackova of the Czech Republic and Timea Babos of Hungary on day five of the 2017 China Open at the China National Tennis Centre on Oc

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The British number two completed the first set with a stunning forehand winner in 35 minutes and began the second on the front foot as she broke the Estonian world number 35 against serve to take the lead.

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Kontaveit hit back to level the scores at 3-3 before Watson - ranked 38 places below her opponent - found her inner strength to battle ahead and served out the match to record a 6-4 6-4 win in one hour and 23 minutes.

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