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It took six deuces, four break points staved off and then three match points, but Alex de Minaur eventually battled his way past Liam Broady after a epic final game as Britain’s singles represenation at Wimbledon was halved on Saturday.
After Katie Boulter made a rapid exit at the hands of Harmony Tan earlier in the morning, Liam Broady’s run also came to an end, albeit in far more gritty fashion, as De Minaur proved too good for a Brit on Court 1 for the second time in three days.
The 23-year-old knocked Jack Draper out to set up a clash with Broady and, aside from when tightening up towards the end of the third set, never looked like following girlfriend Boulter out of the tournament, as he secured a deserved 6-3 6-4 7-5 win.
As Diego Schwartzman found out earlier this week when beaten by Broady in five sets, the Brit is not one for accepting his fate, even as the lights increasingly dim on his Wimbledon campaign. The 28-year-old briefly threatened to play his way back into it, but De Minaur just about held firm.
