James Ward will be looking to upset the odds once more as he attempts to follow Andy Murray into the second round of Wimbledon with victory over 19th seed Michael Llodra on Court Two today.
Ward defied his lowly world ranking to beat Sam Querrey and Stanislas Wawrinka to reach the semi-finals at Queen's last week before he lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.
The Londoner spent yesterday practising for his match against the big-serving Frenchman, who will go into the match as clear favourite given that Ward failed to win a set against Fernando Verdasco in his only other previous first-round appearance at SW19 in 2008.
Anne Keothavong will attempt to make it through to the second round for only third time in her career after Britain's hopes of success in the women's draw started off with a whimper yesterday.
Keothavong is due to play Stockport's Naomi Broady on Court 12 at noon after the duo's encounter was postponed yesterday evening due to rain.
It will be the second time that the pair have met in three weeks, with Keothavong triumphing over her 21-year-old opponent over three sets at Nottingham last month.
The fact that two British women are facing each other in the first round means the home fans will have a woman to cheer on in round two - a stark contrast to last year's tournament, when all six competitors fell at the first hurdle.
Britain's number one woman Elena Baltacha is due on the same court against dangerous qualifier Mona Barthel two matches later.
Court Three will be the setting for Heather Watson's attempt to keep up the pressure on Baltacha for the country's number one spot as she takes on Mathilde Johansson less than a week after sacking her coach, while 17-year-old Laura Robson takes on Angelique Kerber.
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Britain's hopes of having more than one woman in the second round started off poorly yesterday after Katie O'Brien's 6-0 7-5 defeat to 40-year-old Japanese player Kimiko Date-Krumm.
The Yorkshire player conceded she was outclassed by the veteran, and will now consider her future in the game.
She said: "It's no fun at the moment. I would have to be prepared to make some big improvements if I'm going to continue what I'm doing."
Daniel Cox will resume his match with Sergiy Stakhovsky one set down after yesterday's downpours brought a halt to his encounter with the Ukrainian.
Daniel Evans is third on Court Five against 20th seed Florian Mayer while Emily Webley-Smith is the other remaining Briton scheduled to take to the courts against world number 35 Klara Zakopalova.
