Loffhagen thrilled to face elite opposition on Wimbledon debut

George Loffhagen was thrilled to have been handed the chance to face one of the world's best on his Wimbledon debut. Ealing's Loffhagen received an enticing draw against sixth seed Holger Rune, a player widely considered one of the brightest prospects in the game. Ad The 22-year-old certainly proved his worth in the first set on Tuesday, taking it to a tie-break before the Dane prevailed — the final action in a rain-disrupted day.

Wimbledon'I would struggle to play with my boyfriend' — Robson thrilled to see couples play mixed doublesAN HOUR AGO On resumption on Wednesday Rune raised his level, demonstrating the form that took him to the last four of the LTA's cinch Championships to claim a 7-6(4) 6-3 6-2 victory. Loffhagen said: «I thought it was a good first set. I was happy that I came through a few close games, so I thought I did well with that.

I didn't get too many looks on his serve, then just played a few poor points in the tiebreak to lose that set. »[On Wednesday] I felt like although it was almost less tight in the scoreline, I felt like maybe I had more opportunities, I had a few more breakpoints but didn't manage to take them. He managed to take his.

«I definitely think it's a great opportunity to play someone like that. I don't normally get the chance to play someone that highly ranked, so I feel like it's very useful to see how he plays and how someone like that plays and see where I need to improve. »I managed to push him the first set and then just didn't manage to take some opportunities in the second.