Wimbledon 2022: Fernanda Contreras Gómez is following in her grandfather's footsteps

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Fernanda Contreras Gómez never had been to the All England Club until this weekend, after becoming the first woman from Mexico since 1996 to hold a spot in the main-draw field at Wimbledon.

She felt as if she knew her way around the place rather well, though. That's because the 24-year-old Contreras Gómez has been hearing tales of the grass-court Grand Slam tournament from her grandfather since she was a kid — Francisco "Pancho" Contreras Serrano reached the semifinals of mixed doubles at Wimbledon in 1958 and also played singles there.

Mexico's Fernanda Contreras Gomez returns the ball to Poland's Magda Linette during their women's singles match on day one of the Wimbledon tennis championships in London, Monday, June 27, 2022.  (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

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"It was really cool to walk around the grounds," Contreras Gómez said. "It’s like, ‘Someone pinch me!’"

She qualified in May for the French Open, then won a first-round match in the main draw there. She qualified last week for Wimbledon, and, her ranking up to 154th, lost her first-round match in the main draw on Monday, beaten 6-1, 6-4 by 65th-ranked Magda Linette of Poland.

Contreras Gómez's enthusiasm was not dimmed a bit.

"It was still so magical. There were some moments that I was like, ‘Oh, my gosh, I’m in London. This is insane. I had a pretty nice court with a view of Centre Court. Everything was pristine. The grass was really green. Barely used. I was kind of floating. It was awesome," said Contreras Gómez, who moved with her family from Mexico to Austin, Texas, when she was 13, then studied mechanical engineering and played tennis