Wimbledon: After blowing a big lead and losing at the French Open, 19-year-old Christina McHale of Englewood Cliffs, N.J., made sure she didn't make the same mistake at Wimbledon.
McHale reached the second round at the All England Club for the first time — and at any Grand Slam tournament for only the second time — by eliminating 28th-seeded Ekaterina Makarova of Russia 2-6, 6-1, 8-6 Monday.
Last month in Paris, McHale led Sara Errani of Italy 5-0 in the third set before losing 6-7 (4), 6-2, 9-7.
Against Makarova, McHale served for the match at 7-6 and fell behind love-40. But she came back to pull out the victory and improve to 2-6 at major tournaments.
"It definitely feels much better to be on this side of the match than last time in Paris," McHale said. "I was just trying to focus on each point, which is something I think I learned from the match in Paris."
After briefly getting down on herself after what happened at Roland Garros, McHale decided she needed to move on.
"I gave myself two days to feel bad about that match," McHale said. "It made me want to work harder, because I didn't want to have that happen again. I wanted the match today that much more."
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