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It was third time lucky for a young tennis fan who missed out on a player’s souvenir at Wimbledon.
The first towel thrown into the crowd by American Jack Sock was snatched by an older man on Wednesday and the second was claimed by an imposter.
But on Friday 14-year-old Peter Woodville, from Philadelphia, was finally given a replacement after returning to SW19 to watch more tennis.
“He was upset. He told me he was shocked more than anything,” said Peter’s mother Faeze. “In the States, at a lot of these sporting events, if adults catch a ball or something they go out of their way to give it to the youngsters – they don’t keep it for themselves.
“He was very disappointed and shocked. At school, he is on a lot of sports teams and they learn a lot about good sportsmanship and good behaviour.”
Peter was recognised by Sock after the world number 18’s mixed doubles victory with partner Madison Keys and the teenager also got an apology from the player.
Faeze added: “Jack recognised Peter and he chatted to him and said, ‘I’m really sorry buddy’, and shook his hand and signed autographs and gave him a towel.
“It was really nice, Peter was very happy.”
Sock had appealed for help on social to find the boy after an incident at the end of his first-round win over Chile’s Christian Garin on Tuesday.
Sock’s agent then said a boy from Ireland had been in touch and a towel would be sent to him, but he turned out to be an impersonator.
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Watch five of the best shots as Roger Federer beats Mischa Zverev 7-6 6-4 6-4 in the third round at Wimbledon.
Two-time semi-finalist Tomas Berdych put on a commanding performance on Saturday to glide into the second week of The Championships at Wimbledon. The 2010 finalist erased the only break point he faced and won 84 per cent of his first-serve points to beat Spaniard David Ferrer 6-3, 6-4, 6-3 in one hour and 45 minutes.
Berdych, the 11th seed, converted four of his eight break points against Ferrer, who had beaten 22nd seed Richard Gasquet in the first round and advanced by retirement against Steve Darcis in the second round.
The 11th seed advances to the second week of Wimbledon for the ninth time. Berdych will meet either eighth seed Dominic Thiem or #NextGenATP American Jared Donaldson in the fourth round.
Ferrer struggled to gain any traction on Berdych’s serve, and during the Spaniard’s one opening, Berdych quickly denied the opportunity. Berdych, serving at 30/40, 1-2 in the third set, hit three consecutive service winners to erase the break point and hold.
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Britain’s Marcus Willis and Jay Clarke stunned defending men’s doubles champions Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut at Wimbledon.
Willis, 26, and 18-year-old Clarke registered an entertaining 3-6 6-1 7-6 (7-3) 5-7 6-3 win over the French duo.
The British pair sent down 18 aces and hit 26 winners as they outmuscled their opponents.
In the mixed doubles, top seeds Jamie Murray and Martina Hingis beat Britons Neal Skupski and Anna Smith 6-3 6-0.
In a remarkable match on court three, wildcards Willis and Clarke fought back from a first-set deficit to put themselves in prime position.
They squandered three successive match points as the French pair forced a deciding set but an early break in the fifth set allowed the Britons to take control.
Supported by a lively crowd, the duo held their nerve to serve out the match and shock Herbert and Mahut. Willis stunned Wimbledon last year when, as a qualifier ranked 772 in the world, he reached the second round of the men’s singles.
Defending mixed doubles champions Heather Watson and Henri Kontinen beat Pakistan’s Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and Germany’s Anna-Lena Groenefeld 6-1 6-3 in just 49 minutes.
It was the second doubles match of the day for Britain’s Watson, who lost her women’s doubles match with Naomi Broady to Belgium’s Kirsten Flipkens and India’s Sania Mirza 6-3 3-6 6-4.
Broady and her brother Liam suffered a straight set defeat to Czech pair Roman Jebavy and Lucie Hradecka, losing 6-4 7-5.
Jocelyn Rae and Ken Skupski ensured there was more British success in the mixed doubles as they beat Frenchman Edouard Roger-Vasselin and Czech partner Andrea Hlavackova 6-4 7-5.
Wildcards Jay Clarke and Marcus Willis secure their places in the next round by defeating Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut 3-6 6-1 7-6 5-7 6-3.
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