Chris Eaton The New Murray!
So, Andy Murray is safely through to the second round of Wimbledon. But who cares about him? Because the notoriously grumpy Scot has been surpassed in the 'heroic Brit stakes' by an unknown 20-year-old from Surrey.
Chris Eaton's his name, and he's ranked considerably lower than Murray – 661st in the world, to be precise. He hammered Serbia's Boris Pasanski in straight sets – and hammered is the right word, for he lashed down 26 aces to batter Pasanski into submission – and now faces Dmitry Tursunov on Thursday. Tursunov is seeded 25th in the tournament but even so, Eaton is pretty confident.
"It should be a pretty good match," he said. "I've watched him on TV so I know what to expect."
That's impressive fighting talk for a man who has only just made his Wimbledon debut, but then again, Eaton won six matches just to qualify for the actual tournament so he's in decent form and, don't forget, he really has nothing to lose.
Onto Thursday, then, and the latest challenge for Eaton. Incidentally, that's also the same day we'll see Murray in action again – but will anyone be watching him? Not when Britain's new tennis superstar is playing, that's for sure!
See how he does on Thursday. Check out Bodog's ATP Tennis odds.
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