Former world number one Justine Henin reached the third round of Wimbledon with a 6-3 7-5 win over Kristina Barrois.
Henin, the 17th seed who is back at SW19 after ending a 17-month retirement at the start of the year, saw off her unseeded German opponent in an hour and 22 minutes on Court Two.
The Belgian broke twice on the way to taking the opening set 6-3 and looked to be cruising through at 5-2 ahead in the second.
But Barrois reeled off three game in a row, including a pair of breaks, to level at 5-5.
The comeback was, however, shortlived as Henin broke for 6-5 and then produced a love service game to seal victory.
The 28-year-old, who needs only the Wimbledon title to complete a career grand slam, will play either 12th seed Nadia Petrova or Yung-Jan Chan from Chinese Taipei in the last 32.
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