Beaten - Ryan Peniston and Alastair Gray lost in five sets
RYAN Peniston’s Wimbledon campaign is over after he was beaten in the first round of the doubles this afternoon.
Wakering’s Peniston and his playing partner Alastair Gray trailed 2-1 against Belgian Joran Vliegen and American Jackson Withrow overnight but battled hard to win the fourth set on a tie-break when the match resumed this afternoon.
However, the future housemates were unable to complete the comeback as Vliegen and Withrow won the deciding set 6-4 to advance into the second round.
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