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'You got snails move faster' but Tommo's still battling

Jordan Thompson says his body is sore and aching, but he's battling on at Wimbledon. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)

Jordan Thompson isn't a man prone to self-aggrandisement. For a bloke who began this year numbered among the top 30 tennis players in the world he's a humble guy, an average Joe who is also an elite sportsman.

So when he reviewed his passage to the third round of Wimbledon despite the constraints of a back stiffer than an old-school surfboard, you could tell he was feeling stoked when he said "it's been a pretty good effort". 

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