British wildcard Lily Miyazaki won just 19 points in the entire match as she was humiliated 6-0, 6-0 by Daria Kasatkina in a chastening start for the Brits at Wimbledon on day four.
With Katie Boulter taking on Harriet Dart, Jack Draper facing Cameron Norrie and Andy and Jamie Murray playing doubles together there is a lot of British interest for the crowds today.
Twenty-eight-year-old Miyazaki, ranked world No 148, won just six points in a devastating first set that Kasatkina concluded to love in 19 minutes.
In an embarrassingly one-sided contest, it took Miyazaki three games before she managed to get a point on the board, losing the opening 11 points of the match.
By game five she had just three points in the set and finished the first 6-0 with a measly six points to her name.
Lily Miyazaki, 28, was humiliated 6-0, 6-0 in a nightmare start to the day at Wimbledon for Brits
The wildcard (left) is the first Brit since Clare Wood in 1997 to be double-bageled at Wimbledon
Miyazaki became the first Brit to be double-bageled at Wimbledon since Clare Wood lost to Arantxa Sanchez Vicario in 1997.
By the time Miyazaki was shaking hands at the net having lost 6-0, 6-0, the rest of the Brits in action had barely even graced the practice courts.
Court No 1 was all set up for back-to-back Battle of Britains, with British No 1 Katie Boulter first up facing domestic rival Harriet Dart.
Boulter made the stronger start and took the first set in relatively comfortable fashion, before faltering in the second as Dart forced a decider.
There was little to split the two, except for the number of unforced errors in a match low on real quality, but Boulter looked to be heading to victory when going up 6-2 in the 10-point deciding tie-break.
Dart weeped at the back of the court before returning to the action, only to turn the tie-break – and the match – on its head to eliminate the British No 1.
After that women’s singles clash, British No 1 Jack Draper takes on close friend Cameron Norrie.
Harriet Dart produced a shock to win a Battle of Britain against British No 1 Katie Boulter
Boulter threw away a 6-2 advantage in the deciding set tie-break and will rue her errors
Meanwhile, lots of eyeballs are fixed on Centre Court’s last game of the day as Andy and Jamie Murray are in men’s doubles action together, with Andy Murray eager to put the disappointment of having to withdraw from singles behind him.
As seriously as the brothers will take things, and as fair a chance as they have of progress, there is of course a significant emotional element.
‘My boys,’ Judy Murray commented on a picture of them together on the practice courts, and the whole nation will be feeling pretty maternal when the brothers walk out on Thursday.
Jamie said: ‘For us, it’s something we wanted to do at some point. This is the first real opportunity for various reasons. Hopefully it’s a fun experience for us both, we enjoy it, appreciate what we have been able to do on the court for the last 15 years or so.
Andy Murray (right) will team up with his brother Jamie (left) for the men’s doubles
They played a practice match against No 3 seeds Joe Salisbury and Rajeev Ram on Wednesday
‘The unique part of doing high level sport with your brother, that is a pretty cool thing. I am hoping it is a nice experience – not that we went out like a damp squib!’
Asked what he feels fans have admired the most about his brother – and what makes he himself most proud of him, Jamie replied: ‘I think his determination probably more than anything. His refuse to lose attitude.
‘In this country he took a lot of people on a journey with him over the last 15 years. People that he would have never met, how much they followed his career over the years is quite remarkable.’
Andy added: ‘Getting the opportunity to play with Jamie here will be special – we’ve never done that before. I’ll make the most of it.
‘It’s easier said than done to just enjoy it when you’re out there because you’re competing, concentrating and trying to win the match. But yeah, hopefully we can have a good run.’
