Essex boy, cancer survivor, and now Wimbledon wildcard at 26 - meet Ryan Peniston
At Queens he shocked the number one seed and French Open finalist Casper Ruud in his first match and before that he had a good run to the quarter-finals in Nottingham.
"I feel like maybe movement is what I do best on grass; a lot of other guys are not so comfortable on it but I like moving on it. I've played on grass every summer since I was a little kid so maybe that's helped in a way. Some of the other players haven't played much on it." from this year's championships has had repercussions and has been criticised by some players with world number one Novak Djokovic calling it"crazy".
But he doesn't think the lack of ranking points on offer will devalue the tournament."Honestly, I'd play Wimbledon any time I could. I'm not bothered at all, I'm just very happy to be playing there."
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