Grey stars as Wimbledon qualifying continues

Sarah Beth Grey battled her way into Wimbledon qualifying on a busy day of action in Roehampton. Grey, who benefits from the LTA's NTC Access programme, providing cost-free access to courts on all three surfaces, coaching, trainers and the LTA's tournament bonus scheme, had a tough task against 27th seed Olivia Gadecki. Ad/> Yet the Liverpudlian demonstrated all her grit and determination, battling past the Australian 5-7 7-5 7-6 [10-7] to reach the second round.

Wimbledon'I'd pray not to play dangerous Kyrgios' early at Wimbledon — Corretja2 HOURS AGO She said: «There's a lot of excitement, relief. It was a lot of hard work, that whole match. I'm just really happy to have got through that.

»I think my physicality is my big strength with my tennis. Because I don't have the advantage of being a tall, big hitter, I have to maximise in other areas. I always back myself that I can go the distance in matches.

But, nonetheless, it is exhausting and I'll need to do a good recovery afternoon to be ready." Meanwhile there was a strong display from Ella McDonald, who pushed former top-ten star Coco Vandeweghe right to the end in a thrilling contest. 16-year-old McDonald was beaten 5-7 6-1 7-6 [10-8] by the two-time Wimbledon quarter-finalist, though took plenty of positives from her performance. McDonald commented: «I just went into the match wanting to have no regrets, just playing my tennis and playing a great game really.

I didn't expect myself to do that well to be honest! »She [Vandeweghe] played really well. I just wanted to match her and I thought I did that pretty well considering. I'm really pleased with how the performance went today." There was also an encouraging performance from Mimi Xu, who was defeated 6-4 6-3 by