Swan using solid grass court campaign as platform for US Open

Katie Swan says her solid grass court season can form a springboard for an exciting summer in America leading up to the US Open. The Bristol player, who is supported by the LTA's Pro Access Programme, succumbed to a straight sets defeat against Olympic gold medallist Belinda Bencic in the first round at Wimbledon on Monday. Ad Playing in front of a packed-out crowd on SW19's prestigious Court 2, the British No.6 rallied resiliently but was unable to battle past the tournament's 14th seed as Bencic, 26, completed a 7-5 6-2 victory.

TennisBoulter reveals key to overcoming Just Stop Oil protest at Wimbledon38 MINUTES AGO Swan, 24, reached the final of the LTA's Lexus Surbiton Trophy earlier this summer and was awarded a Wimbledon wildcard along with fellow British players Katie Boulter, Jodie Burrage, Harriet Dart, Sonay Kartal and Heather Watson. She refused to be downbeat about her All England Club departure and insists she can take valuable momentum into the hard court season as she bids to qualify for the US Open for the first time in her career. «This one definitely hurts today, but I will move on from it and take what I can,» said Swan.

«I played some really good tennis over the grass court season and I'm looking forward to taking that into the hard court season. »The great thing about tennis is you can always play another tournament next week. «My next moves will be to the US.

I will probably do a couple of weeks out there training and then start playing a bunch of tournaments and lead-up to US Open on the hard courts. »I was excited when I saw the schedule. Court 2 is the biggest court I have played on here, so I was really looking forward to it.