Henry Searle plans to move into the professional men’s game after becoming the first British boys’ Wimbledon champion since 1962 — but says he must balance his tennis ambitions with completing his A-levels first.
The 6ft 4in left-hander from Wolverhampton won the boys’ singles title when beating the Russian fifth seed Yaroslav Demin 6-4, 6-4 on Court No 1 yesterday.
In doing so the 17-year-old became the first British player to win a Wimbledon boys’ singles title since Stanley Matthews, the son of legendary footballer Sir Stanley Matthews, 61 years ago.
Searle is also Britain’s first junior champion since Laura Robson won the girls’ event in 2008 and he ensured more home success at this year’s tournament after Neal Skupski won the men’s doubles on
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