Wimbledon: Britain's Jan Choinski determined to return after losing to Roger Federer's conqueror

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Jan Choinski has targeted a Wimbledon return next year but wants to get there in his own right.&nbsp; </p>

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German-born Choinski, the son of an English ballet dancer, was handed a debut wild card and rewarded tournament organisers with an impressive first-round win against world number 56 Dusan Lajovic. </p>

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But his fun ended on Thursday when his former doubles partner Hubert Hurkacz won a tight match 6-4 6-4 7-6 (3) on Court 18. </p>

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The 26-year-old, who changed his nationality to British in 2019 and is ranked 164th in the world, got the taste for SW19 and wants a 2024 repeat. </p>

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"I would be very happy coming back next year," he said. "Maybe even without needing a wild card for the main draw, try my best to get my ranking to a position where I can enter the tournament by myself." </p>

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Asked whether he has proven he can produce at the top level, he replied: "Yes, I think so. I mean, I played a very good first match. </p>

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"I kept it as close as possible. Also having chances to win a set off a guy (Hurkacz) that's top 20, previously been top 10 in the world, played semi-finals here as well, ended Roger's (Federer) career at Wimbledon. </p>

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"It doesn't get much better than his level in terms of tennis and grass-court tennis. </p>

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"Keeping the match quite close and having my chances to take a set off him, as well, is just positive. </p>

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"I couldn't thank the people more that gave me the opportunity to play in this tournament. I feel it has to do with a lot of trust, as well, trusting me that I've got the level to compete at this level. Yeah, just want to say huge thanks. </p>

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"I have learnt a lot during the past couple of days. I think just going to take out all the positive bits, and also super happy about winning my first grand slam match." </p>

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Choinski was always up against it, saving break points early on, but Hurkacz, who made the 2021 semi-finals at SW19, kept knocking on the door and crucially made the breakthrough at 4-4 and then served the first set out. </p>

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The second set followed an identical pattern with a key break at 4-4 putting Hurkacz in firm control. </p>

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After saving several break points throughout the third set, Choinski's moment came at 6-5 when he had three set points at 0-40 on Hurkacz's serve, but he could not convert them. </p>

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With that his chance disappeared as the Pole dominated the tie-break to seal a straight-sets win and book his spot in the third round. </p>

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He added: "I felt like I was playing good tennis. The match was very competitive. We played over two hours. I think the first two sets were decided each by one break. </p>

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"I tried my best. You know, unlucky that I got broken twice at 4-4. Then in the third set when I had the three set points, I'm sad about not making those, but that's tennis. That's life." </p>

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