Charles Broom and Johannus Monday were among the Brits that starred on Day One of Wimbledon Qualifying, with four Brits progressing to the second round. Broom and Monday both came through three set battles to progress, with Billy Harris and Toby Samuel also victorious in Roehampton. Ad Monday battled past 2022 Junior Wimbledon champion Mili Poljicak in three sets to set up a second round meeting against fifth seed Radu Albot.
TennisOstapenko believes the crowd made the difference at LTA's Rothesay Classic Birmingham10 MINUTES AGO The Brit was a set down against the Croatian, but fought back brilliantly to seal a 3-6 7-6(4) 6-3 victory on what is also his Wimbledon debut. «It wasn't an easy match at all, but no match at this level is going to be easy. It was a good match.
He took his chances in the first set while I didn't take my chances,» commented Monday. «But then I was just very tough in my last two sets I think. I just upped a gear, and I think I deserved to come away with the win.» Broom saw off Alessandro Giannessi 6-4 6-7(4) 6-3 in a high-quality contest on the new Stadium Court to progress.
«I'm feeling really good. I've played a lot of matches on grass now and feel really comfortable out there. I love playing in front of the crowd,» said Broom, who next plays Dennis Novak.
Elsewhere, Harris also prevailed in a dramatic three-set contest versus Alexander Ritschard to set up a second round meeting against 25th seed Hugo Gaston. After losing a tight opening set, Harris lost a 5-0 lead in the second set, but bounced back in the tiebreak and controlled the decider to prevail 5-7 7-6(5) 6-2. He commented: «At 5-0 up in the second I thought I had it but I lost a bit of concentration, almost lost the whole match, so
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