Just 20 minutes into one of the most significant occasions of his short professional tennis career, Jacob Fearnley was offered an indication of the lofty level required to defeat the best players in the world.
With the score at 2-3, 0-15 early in his first appearance in the third round of a grand slam, the 23-year-old had swept to the net behind an ultra-aggressive combination of groundstrokes, a strong move that would have comfortably earned him the point against his previous opponents.
