Wimbledon ace Liam Broady finds silver lining in defeat as Brit units new objective

Liam Broady claimed Friday was a “Debbie Downer” for British tennis after turning into the final dwelling male to be knocked out of the Wimbledon singles, though he additionally touched on the optimistic facet of his run at SW19, with the US Open now firmly in his sights. The Stockport star created the shock of the event when he beat French Open finalist Casper Ruud in 5 gruelling units on Centre Court on Thursday.

But regardless of successful the primary set in opposition to Canadian Denis Shapovalov after which serving for the third on Court 2, the No.26 seed fought again to win 4-6 6-2 7-5 7-5.

Broady, the one British male to achieve the third spherical, adopted Andy Murray and Cam Norrie out in a 90-minute nightmare. “I take no satisfaction in [making it the furthest],” he stated.

“Kind of makes it worse that we’ve all lost on the same day, as well. Obviously I’d have preferred for us all to have won. Probably would have felt a bit better if we’d staggered what days we lost on, whereas now it’s a bit of a Debbie Downer, isn’t it? It’s a shame. For all three of those results to happen on the same day is pretty rough.”

The Canadian began sluggishly and Broady gained the primary set earlier than serving for the third set at 5-3 however Shapovalov gained the following 4 video games and made eight breaks of serve in all.

The 2021 Wimbledon semi-finalist stated: “I am really happy to get the win. I was pretty lucky to sneak the third set there. I would have been in trouble if he had won that. Liam played a long match yesterday. I am exhausted so I can’t imagine how he is feeling right now.”

“I go back to 125 or 126 in the rankings,” he stated. “The hard court season now is an amazing opportunity for me. Even if I could win one of the Challengers or have a deep run at one of the ATPs, I could be top hundred before the U.S. That’s the goal at the end of the day.

“I’m feeling good. I really feel like, particularly the final three matches, I can compete with a few of these guys.”