Fearnley looks for positives after second round loss

Jacob Fearnley hopes to build on a "good week" at Wimbledon despite a second-round loss to Jaume Munar.

The 24-year-old Scot rose to prominence two years ago when he played Novak Djokovic on Centre Court and was ranked just outside the top 50 12 months ago.

A slide down the rankings to 159 meant he needed a wild card to get into the main draw this time and he started with a five-set win against American Alex Michelsen.

However, Fearnley could not back it up against 44th-ranked Spaniard Munar, taking just two of his 10 break points in a 6-4 7-6 (3) 6-4 defeat on Court 12.

"Still it was a good week," said Fearnley. "Obviously I wanted to win a match.

"I can definitely be positive and try and take the positives even from today. I feel like the way I played even the last few weeks has been progress.

"I'm obviously going to be disappointed and learn from today. I'm going to use whatever experiences I had this week and in the last few weeks to try and hopefully kick on these next few months."

During a long second set, Fearnley lost an early break and failed to convert four break points at 4-4, while Munar served well in the big moments.

"Obviously all matches you lose, especially if they're close, you look back and you realise that there was some chances that you probably missed," added Fearnley.

"I wasn't expecting him to serve that big. I think he was consistently hitting over 135mph and hitting spots. Credit to him.

"The way he plays, he just makes a lot of balls, and he's extremely good at that. I made a few big errors in big moments. But I'm OK with that to a certain extent. I have to go for it.

"Obviously the first game in the third set was just a complete concentration lapse, and that cost me big time."

Fearnley admitted his opening five-set match may have affected him physically, saying: "I definitely did feel more tired.

"Obviously the way he plays, he does make the rallies a little bit more physical than perhaps Michelsen would have done. I think that court was a little bit slower, as well. Obviously crowd involved, playing on a slightly bigger court, all kind of zaps your energy a little bit more."