Ryan Peniston's Wimbledon journey over in the second round after straight-sets defeat to Steve Johnson

Ryan Peniston's Wimbledon dream is over after losing to Steve Johnson in straight sets, 6-3 6-2 6-4. Britain's Peniston had impressed in the build-up to the tournament, reaching the quarter-finals of Queen's — beating French Open finalist Casper Ruud — and then impressively seeing off Switzerland's Henri Laaksonen in the first round of SW19 for the loss of just nine games.

Ad/> But Johnson was a bridge too far, with the American's quality allowing Peniston few look-ins during their encounter, which was over in just one hour and 39 minutes. ATP London'It doesn't feel real' — Peniston stuns Ruud on ATP debut at Queen's14/06/2022 AT 15:01 It had nevertheless been level pegging on Court 3 until the fifth game of the first set, whereupon Johnson broke to take a 4-2 lead.

That became 5-2 and though Peniston held to force his opponent to serve it out, Johnson did so with few problems to take the early advantage. Peniston quickly needed a route back into the match but Johnson kept his foot on the accelerator, landing two breaks in the third and fifth games to stroll to a two-set lead in the south London sunshine.

Better was to follow for the Brit in the third set as he made it to 4-4 untroubled, but Johnson forced a series of break points in the ninth game — taking one to move into a 5-4 lead. 'I don’t like to see that stuff' — GB's Jubb on Kyrgios' fiery exchanges with fans 'Kyrgios not a villain at all' — Wilander praises 'emotional' Australian ‘Avengers assemble’ – Murray joins Team Europe for the Laver Cup /> And despite Peniston finally forcing his first break points of the match, Johnson was able to hold it together and serve out the win.