• Wimbledon, Day 12

Broady denied junior title by Saville

Liam Broady was beaten by Australian Luke Saville © Getty Images

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Liam Broady was unable to become the first British winner of the Wimbledon boys' championship since 1962, as Australian Luke Saville triumphed in three sets in Saturday's final.

Broady, 17, was hoping to become the first British player to take the men's junior title since Stanley Matthews Jr., son of the England footballer, managed the feat nearly 50 years ago.

He initially looked on course to achieve that success as he moved a set and a break up in the final on Court One, but his Australian opponent grew in confidence as the match went on and eventually clinched a 2-6 6-4 6-2 success.

The first set began with a Saville hold of serve, but from there it was almost all Broady - as he rattled off five games in a row to spring into a comfortable early lead. The last of those came despite offering up a break point, indicating his Australian opponent had not been bullied out of matters completely.

The 17-year-old Saville then held his first service game in three to continue the set - but Broady made no mistake when handed the task of serving for the stanza, clinching it in just 36 minutes.

It took him even less time to move into the ascendency in the second, breaking Saville in the American's very first service game before confirming the advantage with another safe hold.

Saville, with his reversed cap making him somewhat reminiscent of Leyton Hewitt, channelled some of his compatriot's famous grit to scramble his way back into the match, however, holding his serve before breaking Broady's for the first time with a powerful array of groundstrokes.

With the scores at 3-3 Broady again engineered a break of serve, but he threw that advantage away immediately as Saville won the next game to love - the final point secured thanks to a double fault that saw Broady hurl his racket high into the air.

With that failure the momentum of the match quickly swung in his opponent's favour. Saville successfully held at the next attempt, leaving Broady serving to stay in the set. That he was unable to do, saving two set points with some blistering serves before he could only bury an off-balance backhand into the net.

The deciding set confirmed that the tide had turned in Saville's favour, with the Australian soon rushing out into a 4-2 advantage. A chance to break back was agonisingly spurned by Broady, who ultimately couldn't quite find a way to convert a number of chances, putting his opponent on the verge of becoming the boys' champion.

And that he duly did, Saville putting away the simplest of smashes in the next game to pick up another break and become the first Australian winner of the championship since Todd Reid in 2002.

Other former Wimbledon boys' championship winners include Roger Federer, Bjorn Borg and Pat Cash.

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