Venus Williams held her nerve on the small stage as she reached the third round at Wimbledon.
The five-time champion was surprisingly handed a Court 18 date with Greek qualifier Maria Sakkari, and was pushed hard by the 20-year-old world number 115 before sealing a 7-5 4-6 6-3 win.
Wimbledon faced criticism on social media for allocating eighth seed Williams a slot on the smallest of the six show courts, which seats around 800 spectators.
But if the 36-year-old American felt any frustration, it did not obviously distract Williams from the task at hand, and a twirl by the net for the crowd at the end of the match showed her satisfaction.
It will be Russian Darya Kasatkina awaiting Williams in the last 32, after the 19-year-old reached the third round for a fourth successive grand slam.
Sabine Lisicki, runner-up to Marion Bartoli in 2013, is unseeded this year but swept past Australia's 14th seed Sam Stosur, a 6-4 6-2 success indicating her threat at this tournament.
Stosur was impressed, saying: "Her confidence really rises when she wins a couple of matches here. So if she can be on it like she was today, then she's certainly got the weapons to beat most players in the draw."
American ninth seed Madison Keys may also be a factor deep into the tournament, although she had to labour for a 6-4 4-6 6-3 win against Belgian Kirsten Flipkens, who reached the semi-finals three years ago.
Big-hitting Keys is largely a fan of the grass-court grand slam, but she has one grumble.
"I personally love grass," she said. "One, because it suits my game really well. Also because I love the tradition behind it. When you're playing on grass, it usually means you're at Wimbledon. There's the all-white, all of that.
"But the thing I don't like about it is sometimes you get some really interesting bounces. Y ou think it's going to do one thing and then it goes the other direction. It's difficult sometimes, especially returning, if they hit the line on their serve. It can really skid and go in a completely different direction."
Romanian fifth seed Simona Halep was unruffled by veteran Italian Francesca Schiavone, breezing through 6-1 6-1, while 29th seed Kasatkina set up her shot at Williams by seeing off Spain's Lara Arruabarrena. A 7-6 (11/9) 6-3 win on Court Six should be rewarded with a show-court outing against her high-profile next opponent.
Source: PA
