THE CHAMPIONSHIPS

July 7, 2023

Liam Broady

Press Conference

D. SHAPOVALOV/L. Broady

4-6, 6-2, 7-5, 7-5

THE MODERATOR: Questions, please.

Q. How would you reflect on the week you've had overall?

LIAM BROADY: Yeah, I mean, good week, positive week. Obviously to make third round, being ranked 140 in the world, be in constant first round, that's an upset in itself. Doing it in straight sets was amazing as well. Then obviously to beat Casper on Centre yesterday, it feels like it was a week ago already.

Then really difficult going on court less than 24 hours after you finish a five-set match on Centre in that way. Such an emotional and stressful match. Then straight back out there against a top, top grass court player.

Felt really good. Denis was just the better player, better man out there today. But, again, I think I can take the positives from it.

Q. Did you feel that yesterday was catching up physically and emotionally?

LIAM BROADY: Yeah. To be honest, it's tough at this level because I think for me to compete with someone like Denis, I probably need to be at the tip-top of my game. Probably an hour into the match, your legs feel pretty heavy. So I was pretty glad that I won the first set because otherwise it might have been a straight-sets victory for him.

But I understand how it works. This is Wimbledon. The players work around the schedule. I can't really blame Mother Nature for raining on a day that took away my day off. I maybe could have on a better day beaten Casper in three or four sets, as well. I only have myself to blame in that sense, as well.

Q. What does the next few months hold for you? What is your schedule?

LIAM BROADY: Well, I've got the doubles tomorrow with my partner, Jonny O'Mara. I think it's next week or the week after is Newport, ATP, the 250 on the grass. It's a really good tournament. Good opportunity.

Just straight back on it, to be honest. I'll go straight to Newport. I think that starts the finals weekend of Wimbledon. Then I'm straight into the hard court season, go until U.S. really.

Q. You were in the third round, the best-performing British male. Does that...

LIAM BROADY: Not particularly, no. Kind of makes it worse that we've all lost on the same day, as well. Obviously I'd have preferred for us all to have won. Probably would have felt a bit better if we'd staggered what days we lost on, whereas now it's a bit of a Debbie Downer, isn't it?

It's a shame because I think Cam came up against Chris Eubanks, who is obviously amazingly in form at the moment. Andy's match was an unbelievable level. I watched it up until the break yesterday. Getting pipped by Stefanos, there's no shame in that. I know Andy will feel that there probably is.

For all three of those results to happen on the same day is pretty rough.

Q. You've played on big courts before. Does this give you more of a desire to get back here in future, and also getting straight into the US Open next month?

LIAM BROADY: Definitely. I think I go back to like 125 or 126 in the rankings. I'm not sure how many points that is off top hundred. I don't really have any big scores to defend up until Tel Aviv, which was more towards the end of the year. The hard court season now is an amazing opportunity for me. Even if I could win one of the challengers or have a deep run at one of the ATPs, I could be top hundred before U.S. That's the goal at the end of the day.

I had the opportunity over the clay court season. Picked up an injury. Now I'm feeling good. I feel like, especially the last three matches, okay, I can compete with some of these guys.

Q. Because of the matches coming at a similar time in the schedule, the defeats, people sort of look at losses, but where do you see the state of British tennis?

LIAM BROADY: As a whole or like individually in the men's and women's separately?

Q. In the men's and women's.

LIAM BROADY: I think the men's is obviously in a fantastic state at the moment. Obviously with Jack not playing, I think that's such a shame because I think he could have done really well this year. He's improving all the time. I think he's going to have a breakout Wimbledon at some point. It's just a matter of time.

I think Cam could have easily gone deep. Andy could have easily gone deep. Dan Evans, he's a bit low on confidence at the moment, but he could have easily gone deep in the tournament. A couple wild cards, Fery, Loffhagen. Jan Choinski picking up his first win here. I think it's in a pretty good state on the men's side.

The women's side, maybe some of the girls didn't have the Wimbledon they'd hoped to after some of the performances they've put in over the course of the grass court season.

That's tennis at the end of the day. Wimbledon is one tournament in a year. If they can keep up the form that they've had prior to Wimbledon, I think the women's side is going to be looking good.

Why could we not have four or five girls in the top hundred by the end of the year, as well?