It's such a good route. I definitely would recommend it to anyone."
Dudeney, who reached the girls' singles quarter-finals in 2021, drew motivation from her childhood memories and friend Sonay Kartal.
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"I've been at college a lot of the time but I've always followed everything she's done," Dudeney said of Kartal, who was sidelined with a back injury but previously reached the fourth round at Wimbledon.
"It's so amazing.
Ben (Reeves), her coach, I also grew up with as well so to see them doing so incredibly well feels so close to home for me," she added.
"It's especially motivating – 'I can do that' – but also as a friend it's just really heartwarming to see her do so well because she really does deserve it so much."
Dudeney recalled her early visits to tennis events and described playing at Wimbledon as a lifelong dream.
"It's every British player's dream to play Wimbledon. It's such a magical place," she said.
"The last few years I've gone to watch Sonay and McCartney, so I've watched a lot of tennis matches there over the years."
She remembered collecting autographs as a child at Eastbourne.
"When I was small we'd go to Eastbourne a lot and I'd be the little kid with the big tennis ball that would run around and get everyone with a tennis bag to sign it," Dudeney said.
She expressed confidence about the level at bigger tournaments.
"When you haven't played the bigger tournaments and you go in not knowing what it's like, you can think the level is so much higher than it actually is," she said.
"But then, once you actually get here and play it, you're like, 'Oh, these girls are really good but it's not a crazy different level to what you're used to', which is great to see."
In other first-round action, Britain's Harriet Dart lost 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 to former French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko on Court One after Emma Raducanu withdrew.
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Seventeen-year-old Mika Stojsavljevic was defeated 6-2, 6-1 by 11th seed Belinda Bencic.
