“I can say I lobbed Roger Federer,” he answered when asked what memento he might take from the match. Advertisement Continue reading the main story“This is your time!” a fan called out from the crowd as Willis prepared to serve. “I did look up twice as I bounced the ball and saw Roger Federer and thought, ‘Oh, I haven’t seen this before,’” Willis said. That was Willis’s first tour-level match, and it made him the lowest-ranked British man to win a singles match at Wimbledon. All in a rush, Federer broke Willis at love and then served out the match, before delivering a hug and some more supportive words to Willis at the net.

Source: New York Times June 29, 2016 17:40 UTC