- Brit Broom beaten in straight sets by former world No 3
- Watson loses to women’s doubles partner Minnen
Charles Broom’s grand slam tournament debut at the age of 26 lasted only three sets against Stan Wawrinka, the former world No 3, here on Monday, but the British player’s switch from courtside to the playing surface, after many visits to the tournament as a spectator, left him with good reason to see the experience as, in his words, “not losing, but learning”.
Broom had secured a wild card with a fine run of form on the Challenger circuit and started the match as only a marginal underdog with the bookmakers, despite the 153-run gap in the ratings ladder to his Swiss opponent.