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Liam Broady: 'Wimbledon crowd was fantastic'

Liam Broady says that the "fantastic" Wimbledon crowd carried him to victory against Marinko Matosevic.

Britain's Liam Broady has thanked the crowd for inspiring him to come back from two sets down to beat Marinko Matosevic in the first round of Wimbledon.

Broady trailed 7-5 6-4 after the first two sets, but he managed to dig deep and win the final three sets 6-3 6-2 6-3.

He told BBC Sport: "The crowd was fantastic - they made the experience. After the first two sets wanted to give them more, managed to sneak third set and that was the best feeling of my life. So to win the match was fantastic.

"I've been working a lot on absorbing pressure from opponents and I managed to stay calm and feel focused. This was my first five-setter - I've played a few in practice but this was a little different. We were both shattered towards the end but I had a few thousand people cheering me on, and he didn't have as many.

"At 5-3 in the third set I was thinking 'I will remember today for the rest of my life'. I wanted to make sure I did myself proud."

Broady's sister, Naomi, will play in the ladies' singles later today.

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