Wild card is 'pinching himself' over debut win

Published date29 June 2022
The 26-year-old from Southend, a virtual unknown until his run to the quarter-finals at Queen's Club last month, beat Switzerland's Henri Laaksonen 6-4 6-3 6-2 on a packed Court 12 for a maiden grand slam win

He said: "To be honest, I was chatting with my coach, Mark Taylor, yesterday and I was kind of saying I'm waiting for someone to pinch me and wake up back in May sometime.

"I'm just loving every second of it, to be honest."

Peniston is a self-confessed late bloomer after overcoming a rare cancer as a baby which affected his growth as a teenager.

"I didn't start growing until I was 15 or 16," he added. "I was always about a foot smaller than all my peers.

"They all were growing and getting bigger serves and...

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