Liam Broady and Katie Boulter both made it through to the third round at Wimbledon on a dream Thursday afternoon for the British duo.
Broady outlasted world No 4 Casper Ruud in five sets 6-4 3-6 4-6 6-3 6-0 for a career-best win to earn him a shot against Denis Shapovalov.
Earlier, Boulter battled through to the third round for the second successive year with a three-set win.
In trademark gutsy fashion, Broady had to dig deep to fight back from two sets to one down but – carried by a buoyant Centre Court crowd – he clinched an excellent 6-4 3-6 4-6 6-3 6-0 victory in three hours and 27 minutes.
Ruud had made the finals of Roland Garros and the US Open during the past 12 months and yet had no answers to Broady’s mixture of flamboyance and grit, with this win sending the world No 142 through to the third round for a second year in a row.
Boulter, Britain’s sole remaining representative in the women’s singles draw, beat Bulgaria’s Viktoriya Tomova 6-0 3-6 6-3 on Court 12.
The 26-year-old from Leicester, who has never made it past round three, could face Elena Rybakina next with the reigning champion taking on Alize Cornet.
Watched by Australian boyfriend Alex de Minaur, who won his delayed first-round match earlier on Thursday, Boulter equalled her best showing in SW19.
Tomova is ranked 10 places below Boulter at 99 in the world, but she appeared a dangerous opponent having recorded her first top-30 win in the opening round by defeating 27th seed Bernarda Pera.
Boulter battled past Viktoriya Tomova
Yet Boulter was all over her from the start, an aggressive opening return game securing the first of three breaks of serve.
Having seen the first set race away from her in just 27 minutes, Tomova finally got on the board in the second and then nicked a break from the previously impeccable Boulter serve.
Boulter hit straight back with a glorious winner, but Tomova had got in her stride, switching tactics and changing angles to unsettle her opponent and level the match.
Back-to-back net cords helped Boulter break for 2-0 in the decider and after that second-set blip, she regained her composure and asserted herself on the contest once more.
The Boulter serve was back on song, but she needed to come out on the right end of an epic 24-shot rally before converting a third match point with her 36th winner to wrap up a fine victory.