Wimbledon: Boy from nowhere Marcus Willis makes dream start

The beefy left-hander had been on the verge of quitting the sport in February to take up a coaching job in the United States.

London

: Britain's Marcus Willis, ranked at 706 and who had made just $65 on tour this year, reached the Wimbledon second round Monday where he faces Roger Federer in a pulsating rags-to-riches saga.

The 25-year-old tennis coach defeated Ricardas Berankis of Lithuania, ranked 652 places above him, 6-3, 6-3, 6-4.

The beefy left-hander had been on the verge of quitting the sport in February to take up a coaching job in the United States.

@Willbomb90 Years of thinking I'll never find my man...I did, stopped him from going to America, fell madly in love, now WIMBLEDON!!

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