Bogdanovic misses out on Wimbledon - twice
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Your support makes all the difference.Alex Bogdanovic's week ended on a flat note as he lost his Wimbledon wildcard play-off match just hours after being beaten in the Surbiton Trophy final.
The 19-year-old went out to Norfolk's James Auckland 7-6 (7-5) 6-2 at Raynes Park in what proved to be, on the day, one match too many for the youngster.
"It was difficult today, especially in the windy conditions," he said. "He was also ready for me and serving big."
Bogdanovic now expects to be playing at Roehampton in the Wimbledon qualifying competition a week today but hopes to improve his ranking at the Stella Artois Championship when he opens his account tomorrow against a qualifier.
Meanwhile, his conqueror now meets his Norfolk county colleague Richard Bloomfield today for one of the two wildcards on offer via this mini competition, Bloomfield having beaten the Welshman, Chris Lewis, 6-3, 6-4.
Bloomfield hit the headlines at Surbiton when he beat, in his opening match, Vladimir Voltchkov, the second seed from Belarus.
Earlier, Berkshire's Jamie Delgado secured his place at Wimbledon with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Somerset's Lee Childs.
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