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Boulter and Watson among Britons to exit doubles

Katie Boulter and Heather Watson are among the British players to exit the doubles competition in the first round at Wimbledon on Thursday.

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Rafael Jodar hits back to beat Pablo Carrenño Busta at Wimbledon after delay

Teenager wins 3-6, 6-3, 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 in match held overZverev and De Minaur reach round three in straight setsThis is Rafael Jodar’s first Wimbledon and yet the way the 19-year-old plays and talks, you would think he is playing his 10th. Trailing two sets to one to another Spaniard, Pablo Carrenño Busta, in a match held over from the previous evening when the light ran out, he could easily have been nervous when the encounter resumed, thinking his first time here could be about to end.Not a bit of it. Jodar quickly levelled and then edged the fifth to win 3-6, 6-3, 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 and move into the third round. “I knew I had to get my body ready for the next day, because obviously I was down,” said Jodar, who has burst on to the scene this year and who reached the quarter-finals at Roland Garros last month. “But I believed in my chances. I believed that I could come back and win the fourth set and then the fifth set. That’s what happened. Continue reading...

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