‘I have to try to improve’ – Ruud biggest shock elimination so far as home hope Broady makes third round

Wildcard Liam Broady advanced to the third round of Wimbledon by defeating Norwegian Casper Ruud, the No 4 seed, 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-0 at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Thursday afternoon.

Broady, ranked No 142, will face Canadian Denis Shapovalov, the No 26 seed, next.

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Ruud: I feel like I’m going to fall on grass

Ruud gave all credit to his opponent afterwards – saying, “He deserved the victory, for sure,” – but admitted he feels that his game doesn’t suit grass courts.

“I use a lot of force from my legs. Let’s say I’m running out to my forehand, I push off with my right leg mostly. Then when I land, I’m kind of, depending on that first step, being quite quick, recovering back to the middle.

“Every time I try to do that on grass, I have a feeling when I land and kind of want to go back, I’m going to slip and fall, have a nasty fall.

“I don’t dare to play the same shots that I do on hard court and clay in a way. That’s why I get a little tentative. Sometimes I’m not hitting the shots like I want to. It’s just because I’m really scared and I have to take all these extra steps.

“Yeah, I think that’s the biggest challenge that I will always kind of feel on the surface. Just being really careful with your movements. That makes me not being able to kind of play with a force that I like to in a way, if that makes sense. It’s not an excuse, it’s just how I feel.

“You see other players doing it, as well. I just have to try to improve. Let’s see, maybe next year I will have some more days on the grass before and during Wimbledon than this year.”

First top 10 win for Broady

Ahead of his victory, Liam Broady won against Frenchman Constant Lestienne (6-1, 6-3, 7-5).

Ruud, ranked No 4, beat French qualifier Laurent Lokoli (6-1, 5-7, 6-4, 6-3) in the previous round of The Championships.

This is Broady’s first career win against a player ranked in the top 10.

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London (Grand Slam), other second-round results (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, GBP 16.077.000, most recent results first):

• Cameron Norrie vs. Christopher Eubanks
• Carlos Alcaraz vs. Alexandre Muller
• Christopher O’Connell vs. Jiri Vesely
• Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Holger Rune
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
• Matteo Berrettini vs. Alex De Minaur
• Alexander Zverev vs. Yosuke Watanuki
• Jason Kubler vs. Nicolas Jarry
• Andy Murray vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
• Marcos Giron vs. Marton Fucsovics
• Daniil Medvedev vs. Adrian Mannarino
• Ilya Ivashka vs. Grigor Dimitrov
• Ben Shelton vs. Laslo Djere: thursday
• Frances Tiafoe vs. Dominic Stricker: thursday
• Mikael Ymer vs. Taylor Fritz: thursday
• Guido Pella vs. Harold Mayot: thursday
• Jiri Lehecka beat Francisco Cerundolo (18): 6-2, 6-2, 6-2
• Tomas Barrios Vera vs. David Goffin: thursday
• Roman Safiullin beat Corentin Moutet: 7-5, 6-3, 7-6 (4)
• Milos Raonic vs. Tommy Paul: thursday
• Daniel Elahi Galan beat Oscar Otte (Q): 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3)
• Andrey Rublev (7) beat Aslan Karatsev: 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-4, 7-5
• Denis Shapovalov beat Gregoire Barrere: 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (7)
• Stan Wawrinka beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry (29): 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
• Maximilian Marterer beat Michael Mmoh (LL): 7-5, 7-6 (5), 6-4
• Alexander Bublik (23) beat J.J. Wolf: 6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-0
• Hubert Hurkacz (17) beat Jan Choinski (WC): 6-4, 6-4, 7-6 (3)
• Lorenzo Musetti (14) beat Jaume Munar: 6-4, 6-3, 6-1
• Quentin Halys beat Aleksandar Vukic: 6-3, 6-1, 6-4
• Jannik Sinner (8) beat Diego Schwartzman: 7-5, 6-1, 6-2
• Novak Djokovic (2) beat Jordan Thompson: 6-3, 7-6 (4), 7-5