Martin Lee believes he can break new ground at Wimbledon today.

The Worthing ace is confident of reaching the third round for the first time in his career.

Moroccan Younes El Aynaoui stands between Lee and another victory to follow up his straight sets success against Costa Rican No 1 Juan Antonio Marin.

Aynaoui is ranked 15th in the world, a massive 244 places above the left-handed Sussex star, who received a wild card into the main draw.

But the 28-year-old North African, like Marin, is a clay court specialist and the unique demands of playing on grass gives Lee hope.

"I'm looking forward to Aynaoui next," he said.

"I can't wait. I'm playing well and I think I've got a chance.

"I didn't play a tournament for five months because of groin surgery, but I am back playing as well as ever and working as hard as ever."

Lee, 22, is bidding to go one better than on his debut appearance at Wimbledon in 1997, when he also reached the second round. Monday's win against Marin made up for missing match points in his first-round exits in each of the last two years.

Multi-lingual Aynaoui, a semi-finalist on clay in Bournemouth last year and winner in Amsterdam, has never been beyond the second round in three previous attempts.

Aynaoui, who speaks five languages, outlasted new British find Arvind Parmar in a five-set battle in the first round of the Australian Open at the start of the year.

Parmar upset 1997 Wimbledon runner-up Cedric Pioline in the Nottingham Open last week and Lee is in line to face the French sixth seed in the third round.