Katie Boulter eliminates Pliskova in ‘dream’ victory, Liam Broady enjoys stunning comeback win in epic day for Brits

Katie Boulter managed to eliminate last year’s Wimbledon runner-up and sixth seed Karolina Pliskova in a career-best win to book her place in the third round. She won 3-6, 7-6(4), 6-4 on Centre Court to reach the third round in a Grand Slam for the first time in her career. Ad/> In a tearful on-court interview, Boulter described the win as “a dream come true”.

WimbledonSwiatek makes it 37 wins in a row after navigating tough Pattinama Kerkhove test39 MINUTES AGO “I have absolutely no words right now, I’m literally shaking,” she said. “The crowd was unbelievable, so thank you so much for getting me through that. “Oh god, I’m really getting emotional! My Gran passed away two days ago, and I’d just like to dedicate that to her today.” The victory sees Boulter — world No.

118 — play in her first third round match at a Grand Slam on Saturday. “Honestly, it’s a dream come true for me. “I’ve got hopefully many more matches to play, and if I can have you guys [the crowd] behind me for those, then hopefully I can go a long way, so thank you so much.” /> There was a huge turnaround for Liam Broady who also reached his first Grand Slam third round with a stunning 6-2 4-6 0-6 7-6(6) 6-1 comeback win over 12th seed Diego Schwartzman.

The wildcard entry impressed in the opening set to take the lead, but Schwartzman’s quality proved decisive in the second to rule out the early set he conceded. Schwartzman managed to pull the match level, before blowing the Brit away in the third set winning all six games without reply. The world No.15 stretched his game-winning streak to 11 and looked to be cruising towards victory, but after a handful of errors gave Broady a sniff of redemption, the Brit fought back to win a tie-break in the fourth