Dustin Brown delights SW19 crowds once again

28 June 2016 01:53

Dustin Brown returned to the scene of his most famous moment and pulled something special out of the bag once more.

The dreadlocked German won Wimbledon hearts in 2015 when he unseated the great Rafael Nadal, with his story of how he had travelled around European tournaments in a camper van earning him column inches and plenty of support.

He is back in SW19 on a wildcard - he is still ranked just 85th in the world - but looked to be going home as he went two sets to one down against Dusan Lajovic.

However, he delighted the Court 16 crowd by mounting a fine comeback and took the match 4-6 6-3 3-6 6-3 6-4 to book a second-round spot.

He will now face 15th seed Nick Kyrgios after the highly-rated but highly combustible Australian also made it through.

After two serene sets against Radek Stepanek on Court Two, he received a language violation and had words with the umpire before winning 6-4 6-3 6/7 (9/11) 6-1.

Joining them in the next phase is Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.

The Frenchman, twice a Wimbledon semi-finalist, beat Spain's Inigo Cervantes 6-4 7-6 (7/5) 6-4 on Court 12.

Other early winners on day two were Richard Gasquet, over Brit Aljaz Bedene, Viktor Troicki and Yen-Hsun Lu.

Source: PA