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“Even if they’re not cheering for me I just embrace the situation”. So local and likeable and unpretentious that last week he was travelling to practice at SW19 from his London apartment on the tube, just an unrecognizable strap-hanger.

He had led the big serving Canadian by two sets to one but lost out 6-4 3-6 2-6 6-3 8-6 in three hours and five minutes.

Bedene and James Ward both claimed late wins on Tuesday, to join Andy Murray and Liam Broady as Britain boasted four men in Wimbledon’s second round for the first time since 2006.