Wimbledon doubles champion Julian Money as soon as donned the position of Novak Djokovic on tv when he was a youngster. Ten years in the past, he performed the position of Djokovic in an commercial for the Australia and New Zealand Financial institution, as a result of he bore an uncanny bodily resemblance to the Serb.
One half of the primary all-British pair to win the boys’s doubles on the event since 1936, he informed Argus newspaper: “One among my mates was working for an company and so they had requested him if he knew anybody who performed tennis at a excessive stage and regarded vaguely like him, so he put me ahead.”
“After I watch the advert, I discover it’s fairly apparent that it’s me, however I suppose I do look a bit bit like him from a distance,” he mentioned.
BBC’s Clare Balding too seen the putting resemblance of their pair. “You possibly can see why Julian Money has had work as a double for Novak Djokovic. “There’s undoubtedly a similarity, and it may be one thing that he provides to his repertoire on a extra common foundation.”
The pair — Lloyd Glasspool, being his companion—turned richer by £680,000. Glasspool informed the broadcasters that Money needs to purchase a brand new motorcycle with components of the money prize. “I’ve simply been trying. That’s all I’ll say. I imply, I’ve one. I’ve had it for [a] very long time, and I’ve been utilizing it to get to Queen’s, Eastbourne, and right here a bit bit. It’s been good for the site visitors, so I’d take a look at that,” he mentioned.
Julian Money (left) and Lloyd Glasspool beat Australian-Dutch duo of Rinky Hijikata and David Pel 6-2, 7-6 (3) in 83 minutes. (AP Photograph)
Money, who together with his companion have been on a red-hot profitable streak, added: “We had two objectives this 12 months – one was to make it to Turin [for the ATP Finals] and the opposite was to win a slam. To do it right here, it couldn’t imply extra.”
In a nail-biting last, the fifth seeds defeated the Australian-Dutch duo of Rinky Hijikata and David Pel 6-2, 7-6 (3) in 83 minutes. “It nonetheless looks like we now have acquired a match tomorrow,” mentioned Money. “We’ve been enjoying so properly just lately, profitable so many matches. It’s so particular nevertheless it hasn’t sunk in but,” added Money, after turning into the primary all-British pair to win the boys’s doubles title since Pat Hughes and Raymond Tuckey in 1936.
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British gamers comparable to Jonny Marray, Neal Skupski and Henry Patten have tasted success within the males’s doubles lately, however with overseas companions. “The actual fact so many [Britons] do properly virtually takes away from what’s being achieved in doubles,” mentioned Money. “There was a British winner right here the previous few years so it virtually seems regular. I want there was extra press on doubles tennis. There’s plenty of personalities on the market that folks would love. However all we will do is maintain our heads down and play as greatest we will.”
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