Katie Swan reveals next move after bowing out at Wimbledon to Belinda Bencic

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An impressive serving display from Katie Swan was not enough to prevent her suffering a straight-sets defeat to 14th seed Belinda Bencic in the first round at Wimbledon.&nbsp; </p>

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British number six Swan sent down 11 aces during a tight encounter on Court Two, but lost 7-5 6-2 in one hour and 35 minutes. </p>

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It was a fourth consecutive first-round exit for the world number 147 but there were encouraging signs against the Olympic gold medallist. </p>

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Swan sent down the first of her aces with a 115mph effort, which helped her to get on the board before she broke Bencic to move 3-2 up in the first set. </p>

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World number 14 Bencic instantly got the set back on serve after an untimely double-fault by Swan and went on to edge a close opener 7-5. </p>

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The second set initially followed a similar pattern with Swan's serve causing problems for the Swiss player but she decisively broke in the sixth game after a fine forehand winner. </p>

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Swan, who practised with Venus Williams last week, did show plenty of fight and forced break points of her own in Bencic's next service game. </p>

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The Briton could not convert them though and was broken again to seal a straight-sets win for Bencic, who recorded her first victory at Wimbledon since 2019. </p>

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"It's always a lot of fun playing in front of home support," Swan reflected. </p>

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"I was excited when I saw the schedule and Court Two is the biggest court I have played on here. </p>

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"I was so nervous like 10 minutes before I walked on. I felt like my whole body was shaking, but I was actually quite pleased with the way that I started, considering, and kept it tight pretty much all the way through that first set. </p>

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"I had chances as well. Just didn't play well enough in the big moments. But, yeah, she's a great player. I knew it was going to be tough. </p>

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"There's positives to take from it and also lots to learn and take forward. </p>

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"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 in the lead-up to the US Open." </p>

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