O'Brien fails to shine

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The British number one made a dreadful start to her delayed second-round match, losing the first set 6-0 in just 25 minutes, and only partially recovered as she paid the price for 29 unforced errors.

Krajicek clinched victory with her eighth ace.

O'Brien looked tentative from the outset, producing two double-faults in her opening service game.

Two wild backhands then gifted the talented Dutch girl a second break.

Although O'Brien had a break point herself in the fifth game, she failed to make the most of it and was soon easily broken for a third time to lose the opening set to love.

O'Brien, from Hessle in Yorkshire, managed just a 39% success rate on her first serve in the opening set - but she gained a confidence boost when she held to love at the start of the second.

However, Krajicek, 18-year-old sister of former Wimbledon champion Richard, was secure on her serve and moved into a 3-1 lead after O'Brien produced two more double-faults.

The partisan crowd on court three tried to lift the British girl, who had earned the biggest pay day of her career with her first-round win over Germany's Sandra Kloesel.

But the errors continued to mount and she remained outclassed by her talented opponent.