17-year-old beats No5 seed Yaroslav Demin 6-4, 6-4Searle sends down 134mph serve during final
Henry Searle became the first British boys’ singles champion at Wimbledon since 1962. The 17-year-old from Wolverhampton beat fifth seed Yaroslav Demin 6-4, 6-4 on Court One to emulate Stanley Matthews, son of the famous footballer, who triumphed 61 years ago.
Searle is Britain’s first junior champion since Laura Robson won the girls’ event in 2008 and ensured more home success at this year’s tournament after Neal Skupski triumphed in the men’s doubles on Saturday.
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