Lumsden so close but loses out in Wimbledon thriller
Lenzie's Maia Lumsden is out of the Wimbledon qualifying tournament - but only after an almighty battle against a player ranked over 500 places above her.
The 19-year-old took Barbora Krejcikova of the Czech Republic, world ranked number 141, all the way before finally going down 10-8 in the deciding set of their first round thriller.
Lumsden, ranked 677 and a wildcard entry for the competition, took the opening set 6-4 against the 21-year-old Czech who has nine ITF singles titles to he name.
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Hide AdThe Lenzie player, originally from Bearsden, had to the chance to take the match on a second set tiebreak.
But it was Krejcikova who won it to set up a deciding set which she won after a titanic struggle.