Wimbledon: Francesca Jones beaten by Coco Gauff on her main draw debut

Jones loses 7-5, 6-4 to 14th seed Gauff
Harriet Dart and Jay Clarke also first-round losers

While England’s footballers eased past the round of 16 a few miles away at Wembley, Britain’s tennis players failed to make much progress at Wimbledon on Tuesday with Francesca Jones, Harriet Dart and Jay Clarke all slipping to defeat.

Jones, making her first appearance in the main draw, did at least ask some questions of Coco Gauff, who charmed the Wimbledon crowds as she progressed to the fourth round as a 15-year-old in 2019 and is still, at 17, the youngest of nine teenagers in the main draw.