Roger Federer faces second Brit challenge from Dan Evans

“Next Wednesday might be quite different”.

“It was all just a blur”.

“I think (the players) should be a bit more appreciated…”

“I’ve earned myself a beer now!” he further added.

Nor will he be taking any fashion advice from Willis, who wore a shirt with Federer’s initials on it when he faced the seven-times Wimbledon champion.

Evans was even more impressive in the third set and simply never gave his rival a chance to impose himself.

But the reality of the task soon became clear as Federer reeled off the first seven games.

But when Willis lost the opening set in 25 minutes without managing a game you feared the worst.

Fans of Britain’s Marcus Willis celebrate in the crowd as Willis plays against Switzerland’s Roger Federer in their men’s singles second round match on the third day of the 2016 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Lawn Tennis Club in Wimbledon, southwest London.

Willis, however, is hard to dislike and certainly meant no disrespect. “I was down, struggling to get out of bed in the morning”, Willis said. “It was fantastic, I wasn’t really that nervous – it was just awesome”, Willis was quoted as saying by the BBC on Wednesday.

“I thought I played okay”, Willis said. After he qualified, I was reading a lot about his story.

In a country still licking its soccer wounds, the win revived the feelgood factor generated on Monday when self-confessed “loser” Marcus Willis dropped just 10 games in beating Lithuania’s Ricardas Berankis, a player ranked 718 places above him in the rankings. You don’t get to play Federer every day. “Came out firing, put me under the cosh”.

“There were a lot of 15-15s, 15-30s”. He couldn’t get through me. I am disappointed to lose.

For all the fairytale nature of Willis’ performances, the Evans story is also a fascinating one.

“I enjoyed it”, said the third seed.

For two sets and most of the third, Djokovic had little trouble against the 55th-ranked Mannarino, a French lefthander playing on his 28th birthday.

Evans agonisingly just missed a forehand by inches on his first set point at 6-5 in the tie-break but fortunately was handed the set after Dolgopolov double-faulted.

On Thursday he was due to play a club match in Coventry.

“I was thinking, This is definitely one of the matches I’ll remember”.

Rebecca Broomfield, 25, a project manager who lives in Clapham Junction, said: “It’s super exciting to have another Brit playing Federer on Centre”.

Nicknamed “Cartman” after the overweight South Park character, Willis used to drink cola and eat chocolate bars during matches. Willis, who leaves with a check for 50,000 pounds (about $67,000), would produce a genuinely impressive shot, only to see Federer top it, including with several no-look, over-the-shoulder volleys.

“He’ll be coaching three days a week and on the tour four days”.