By Piers Newbery
BBC Sport at Wimbledon |
 Monfils justified his position as the world's leading junior |
Miles Kasiri failed in his bid to become Britain's first Wimbledon boy's singles champion for 42 years as he lost to France's Gael Monfils. The 18-year-old from Margate went down 7-5 7-6 (8-6) to the top seed.
On a packed Court Three, Kasiri had early break points before dropping a tight opening set.
He recovered from a break down in the second but could not hang on in the tie-break, the French player sealing victory on his second match point.
Monfils adds the Wimbledon title to this year's Australian and French Opens.
"I'm disappointed because I know how close I was," said Kasiri. "It was so close.
"Just a couple of points, that would have made the whole difference. I could have won instead of him if I would have won only two extra points.
"It gives me a lot of confidence that maybe I'm on the right track but I've got a lot of improvements to make."
MMIX
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