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He added: "I swear, every corner I was looking at my lap-time delta on my steering wheel and I was going 0.1secs quicker, 0.1secs quicker. I got to the last corner and I was 0.6secs up and I thought: 'This lap's mighty.' It felt like the car was on rails. I am so pleased with pole."

Her progression to the last 16 follows that of Katie Boulter and Heather Watson earlier on Tuesday and Sonay Kartal on day one.

In his new book, “Waiting for Britney Spears: A True Story, Allegedly” — a mix of fact and fiction — music writer and L.A. native Jeff Weiss brings us back to the last gasp of the celebrity gossip-mongering machine of the early aughts.

She has said she is "pretty chilled out" about the grass-court season which culminates with Wimbledon at the end of this month - a tournament where she first attracted attention with a run to the last 16 a couple of months before her US Open exploits.

The Frenchwoman has now beaten three seeded players en route to the last four, where she will meet world number two Coco Gauff.