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Watson through in Wimbledon warm-up

Venue: Devonshire Park, Eastbourne Dates: 20-27 June

Coverage: Live on BBC Two, online, tablets, mobiles and app from 13:00 BST on 23-26 June and 13:15 on Saturday. Also on Red Button on Tuesday.

British number one Heather Watson registered her first win of the grass-court season with victory over Varvara Lepchenko in the Aegon International.

Guernsey's Watson, 23, battled to a 7-6 (7-4) 6-2 first-round success over the 38th-ranked American in Eastbourne.

Watson lost in the first round of the Aegon Classic in Birmingham last week to qualifier Aleksandra Krunic.