Broady eases into Wimbledon second spherical with straight-sets victory
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iam Broady breezed into the second spherical of Wimbledon with a dominant straight-sets victory over Constant Lestienne.
British hopes had not obtained off to a super begin on the opening day, as Harriet Dart fell to defeat, however Broady had no such issues as he cruised previous his French opponent in a 6-1 6-3 7-5 win on Court 15.
The 29-year-old’s greatest Grand Slam show got here 12 months in the past when he reached the third spherical at SW19, and he can have the chance to a minimum of match that when he faces fourth seed Casper Ruud subsequent.
Broady was 4-1 up and effectively on his technique to the primary set when the rain started to fall at Wimbledon, however that delay did little to sluggish him down as he swiftly accomplished the job on his return.
The pair exchanged breaks at first of the second earlier than Broady obtained his nostril in entrance once more, then having to save lots of two break factors later within the set to maintain it that manner. That moved him 5-3 forward, and he sealed the set with a break within the very subsequent recreation.
Lestienne broke first within the third however there was an instantaneous response from Broady, and he needed to just do that once more later within the set. Break factors turned a theme of the set, Broady breaking to like at 5-4 all the way down to degree it up, earlier than saving two on his personal serve to maneuver to inside a recreation of victory.
That assured Broady a minimum of a tie-break however he ensured the match didn’t go that far, dropping his racket in celebration as Lestienne’s tried lob floated past the baseline.
Jan Choinski made it two British males by to the second spherical, as he battled to a 5-7 7-6 6-2 6-4 victory over Dusan Lajovic. The 27-year-old was a type of to be handed a wildcard and he took full benefit, coming from a set down in his first ever main-draw look at a Grand Slam.
Choinski moved a double break up within the fourth set to provide himself some respiration room when serving for the match, however there was to be no drama. He introduced up three match factors and wanted only one, Lajovic dumping a backhand into the web as Choinski arrange a second-round conflict in opposition to seventeenth seed Hubert Hurkacz.