"I feel great; the last couple of months have been absolutely brilliant for me so I just want to keep that going.
"Winning with an ace was exactly what I wanted to do. I think I've got a great chance of winning the gold medal if I take each game as it comes and carry on playing like I did tonight."
Golding will play either Galeano of Paraguay or Colella of Italy in the second round.
On Monday, Golding teamed up with Czech Jiri Vesely to defeat China's Bowen Ouyang and Chuhan Wang 6-3 3-6 (10-6) in the doubles.
Team GB has 39 athletes competing in 16 Olympic sports at the Games.
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