Kyle Edmund and Heather Watson got the home challenge off to a flying start as both made it safely through the opening round at Wimbledon with straights sets victories.
Edmund got his Wimbledon campaign up and running in comfortable fashion as he beat Jaume Munar 6-4 6-4 6-4 to close the opening day's play on Centre Court.
It is just the British number one's fourth ever victory at SW19 and fresh from his run to the semi-final at Eastbourne he looked in good shape, peppering 45 winners off both wings.
He will now play veteran Fernando Verdasco in the next round, which will provide a much sterner test for the 24-year-old.
Edmund came on to court after women's second seed Naomi Osaka had been dumped out by Yulia Putintseva, but even though he got off to a scratchy start, losing the first two games, there was never much chance of another shock.
Watson off to a winning start
Watson kicked off the home charge at this year's tournament by seeing off Caty McNally, a 17-year-old qualifier, in straight sets, winning 7-6 (3) 6-2, as she opened the action on Court 12 at 11am.
She served three double faults in the very first game - including one serve which bounced before the net - and had to save two set points in the opener before eventually taking it on a tie-break.
The second set was a much more routine affair, but even then the 27-year-old, playing at her 10th Wimbledon, said she did not enjoy the match until it was done and dusted.
"I didn't enjoy any of it, apart from after that last point was done," she conceded. "But, I was really, really pleased with that last game. I was shaky on my serve at the beginning.
"A week ago we were talking about how tough first match on the first day is.
"When I saw the schedule, I was really excited about it. I've been practising at 11am most days, so I was used to playing at that time. I was well prepared.
"Especially if you win and you get over that first hurdle, it's a great feeling being the first one done."
This was Watson's first grand slam main draw win since the French Open last year and her first at tour level since Quebec last September.
She remedied a terrible start to 2019 by dropping down a level, which brought success with a title in Japan.
"I'd had a terrible start to the year, barely won a match," she said. "I think it was really smart for me to go to Japan for three weeks and try and get some wins under my belt.
"But that level is just still so high, such good quality, that after the first week, I'd lost first round.
"I thought, 'Oh, God, what a bad decision'. But then I knew as soon as I won a match, it would just change in my head. I went on to win that tournament.
"That gave me real confidence coming into the grass-court season."
Watson suffered three first-round defeats in the build-up tournaments, but an alteration to her training brought about a change of result at SW19.
"I'm a confidence player, so not having those wins in the last few weeks, I was maybe overthinking a bit," she said. "But I'd actually been practising really, really well, winning all my practice sets.
"So losing in those first rounds was quite disappointing. When I came here, I was actually practising terribly. I had a practice with (Andrea) Petkovic the other day. I lost 6-1, 3-0.
"But I was actually excited about it because I'd been practising well and losing. So I thought, I'm not practising well now, and look, I've won!"
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