Searle relishing Wimbledon debut after stirring 16U LTA triumph

Wolverhampton's Henry Searle is looking forward to the prospect of playing at the Junior Wimbledon championships this summer, after he was crowned as 16 & Under Junior National Champion. Searle, who is a season ticket holder and a passionate supporter of Premier League club Wolves, beat Welsh-born Viktor Frydrych 6-4, 6-4 in the final of the tournament staged at the LTA's National Tennis Centre. Ad/> The teenager's success was another triumph for the LTA's National Academy at Loughborough, where he trains under Nick Cavaday and his respected coaching team.

TennisFormer world no.1 Barty set to compete in the golf Icon SeriesAN HOUR AGO All four winners of this year's Junior National Championships in both the U16 and U18 events were LTA National Academy players from Loughborough, where they benefit from a high-intensity daily training environments with world class science and medicine support, working in partnership with a local school, to help them successfully develop into emerging tour professionals. Now Searle will be handed a wild card into the Junior Wimbledon event at the All England Club this summer and he is relishing the prospect. «I played pretty well in the final,» said Searle.

«I played Vik last week and lost, so I needed to come up with a different game plan this time. It worked well and now I can't wait to play at Junior Wimbledon this summer. Winning this tournament has to be the best achievement of my career so far.