In the still heat of No.2 Court, Petra Kvitova’s opponent covered up in a long-sleeved T-shirt, leggings underneath her skirt and a baseball cap pulled low over her face.

Some of Kvitova's team sat courtside in Glastonbury-style bucket hats. Kvitova, in a classic tennis dress, had the air of a grass court queen.

She mostly played like one, too, reaching the last 32 with a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Aliaksandra Sasnovich that was free of fuss or drama.

Win Wimbledon once and you gain iconic status. Lift the Venus Rosewater Dish for a second time and you put yourself amongst some of the most celebrated names in the history of the All England Club.

The Czech, who has already done all that, is here to try to put herself level with Chris Evert with a trio of Wimbledon titles, which would only add to her standing in south-west London and globally, too.

"I'm happy to be here. I never know how long I can play Wimbledon for and I want to enjoy it. I love the grass," Kvitova said.

Aside from wild card Venus Williams, a five-time Wimbledon champion who is 43 years old and who lost in the first round, no active player in the women's singles has a greater grass court back story than Kvitova.

After landing a first Wimbledon title in 2011, she added a second in 2014.

Nine years would be a long stretch between Wimbledon titles but Kvitova has already shown this summer that she's still part of a group of players who feel at ease on the sport's original, lower-bouncing surface.

She won another grass court title in Berlin last month - that was the sixth of her career, more than any other woman playing tennis today - and hit 25 winners against Sasnovich before blowing kisses at the crowd.

Since winning her second Wimbledon title, Kvitova hasn't gone deep in the draw again, with just one run to the fourth round in 2019. But perhaps this could be the summer when the 33 year old puts herself in contention again.

Kvitova now faces qualifier Natalija Stevanovic. 

New this year:

See the draw like never before, with interactive Path to the Final view of the draw by clicking a player’s name on the draws page

See the projected Path to the Final of every player in the Gentlemen’s and Ladies’ singles draws with IBM Likely to Play

View how favourable or difficult a player's draw is, with IBM AI Draw Analysis