Wimbledon dream dashed
Bath Chronicle
|June 26, 2025
James Story admitted he let the occasion get the better of him after tasting defeat in the first round of Wimbledon qualifying.
The Bath University-based star was beaten 6-0 6-2 by Chilean Tomas Bartrios Vera, with the Cardiff native’s first taste of Grand Slam tennis lasting just under an hour on the grass.
But the 24-year-old is determined that it won't be his one and only Wimbledon experience and resolved to take the lessons from his loss to the world No.107.
“Thave got a lot to learn. My lack of experience got the better of me today,” he said. “It was a little bit of an embarrassing match.
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