Slovakia's Daniela Hantuchova extinguished 15-year-old Laura Robson's hopes of making it to the second round at Wimbledon with a 3-6 6-4 6-2 victory.

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"Before I went on I was completely fine. I wasn't nervous at all," Robson said. "I was kind of thinking about what the towels were going to look like this year. They're really nice.

"I don't know what happened. When I was the break up in the second, I just got really nervous."

"But I'm pretty proud of myself. I thought I played really, really good for a good part of the match."

Briton Robson, the youngest player to contest the main draw since Martina Hingis in 1995, made the ideal start by opening the match with an ace before wrapping up the first set in 38 minutes.

But Robson, the girls' champion last year, gifted the former world number five the second set with two double faults serving at 4-5 and the teenager's game deserted her in the decider.

"I keep messing it up," Robson yelled out on court, screwing up her face in anger after one of 14 double faults.

She saved the first match point with a defiant ace but then another double fault handed the Slovakian a second-round berth for the ninth straight year.

"It took me a while to get used to her game," said Hantuchova, who had never seen the world number 488 play before. "It didn't feel very good being a set down and a couple games down and getting kicked by a girl 11 years younger than me."

"Obviously, she's got talent," added Hantuchova, who reached the Wimbledon quarter-finals in 2002. "She still has many things to improve but I think she's on the right way, for sure."

Hantuchova will play China's 16th seed and semi-finalist last year Zheng Jie, who snuck past Kristina Barrois of Germany 7-6(2) 7-6(4) for a place in the third round.

Melanie South was another British woman who put in a brave effort before finally losing as she fell 7-5 7-6 (5) to French player Mathilde Johansson.