overawe

Outplayed and overawed in the first set, a superb backhand winner gave the Frenchwoman a crucial break in the second set.

For some young players, the attention might be overawing.

Far from appearing overawed, the 28-year-old, who had to come through qualifying, seemed right at home in his first Crucible final.

Meikle did not look overawed against his fellow Englishman and levelled, but Littler took the third set and exploded into life in the fourth.

Scotland may be an Associate nation, with a fraction of the funding and resources of a full member like England, but they were not overawed by the occasion.