Matthew Campbell still dreams of Wimbledon

The likes of British No.1 Andy Murray, Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams are preparing for the upcoming SW19 assault.

And Campbell had the chance to book himself a spot at the world-famous venue.

He competed in the HSBC Road to Wimbledon Midlands regional qualifier at Billesley Tennis Centre in Birmingham.

The Marches School pupil was playing for a spot at August's national finals of the HSBC Road to Wimbledon 14 & Under Challenge at the All England Club.

He was looking to walk away as overall champion of the tournament, but fell short of a memorable outing at the famous courts.

But Campbell, 12, who is part of Wrexham and Shrewsbury tennis clubs, is adamant we haven't seen the last of him after losing out to James Allen 5-7, 7-6, 6-10 in the first round.

He said: "I'm looking forward to coming back next year. It's been a great experience for me, lots to learn about my own game from other people and hopefully I can bring that forward next year.

"In some ways the best way to learn is to lose – it would have been great to win but it just wasn't to be on this occasion.

"A lot of the players are older than me, so I'm proud to run them close and I'll definitely be coming back next year.

"I train for nine hours a week, so it's a lot of work and coming to events like this makes it all worth it."

The HSBC Road to Wimbledon National 14 & Under Challenge, the UK's largest grass court tournament, forms part of HSBC's investment in grassroots tennis.

Each year over 10,000 youngsters take part in the tournaments, helping to inspire the next generation of Wimbledon stars.

HSBC is the Official Banking Partner of The Championships and is committed to supporting grassroots tennis.

They are helping to inspire the next generation of Wimbledon stars to take their tennis careers from the back garden to Centre Court through the HSBC Road to Wimbledon 14 & Under Challenge.