Liam Broady enjoys latest show-court experience despite loss to Alex De Minaur

Liam Broady was pleased to be able to enjoy his latest big-court appearance at Wimbledon despite bowing out of the Championships with a 6-3 6-4 7-5 loss to Alex De Minaur.

The British number five struggled on serve against the 19th seed and did not create a break point until one hour and 24 minutes into the third-round tie.

Once Broady did get to grips with De Minaur’s serve, it made for an exciting finale on Court One as he finally break the Australian.

It saw the Stockport left-hander whip up the crowd into a frenzy and ensured it contributed towards a fun experience on the second biggest venue in SW19 having been given a bagel by Milos Raonic on the same court four years ago.

Broady said: “In the past I’ve been on Court One and Centre and it’s probably been more of a negative experience because I’ve not felt like I’ve been able to express myself.

“I mean, I remember I played Raonic on Court One. I think it was 5-0-1. I felt like I wanted the ground to swallow me up. I felt just awful. Whereas today I felt like I was playing well enough to be able to try and get the crowd involved.

“The crowd were pretty incredible at the end. I mean, they helped me get the break back in the third as much as I got the break back.”

A rapid opening set in which De Minaur lost only three points on serve suggested a rapid conclusion but Broady continued to show his trademark fighting spirit and recovered from an early break in the third.

It was also a tightening of the strings of his racket which contributed towards a back-and-forth final set where the world number 132 produced several classy drop shots.

“I probably ended up getting into the rhythm of it once I was a break down in the third and obviously against someone like Alex, he’s a