By Canadian Press

Canada’s Brayden Schnur advances to final round of Wimbledon qualifying

Jun 26, 2019 | 9:44 AM

LONDON — Canada’s Brayden Schnur is one win away from reaching the first Grand Slam main draw of his career.

The No. 8 qualifying seed from Pickering, Ont., beat Toronto’s Steven Diez 6-3, 6-4 in an all-Canadian second-round Wimbledon qualifying match on Wednesday.

Players need to win three qualifying matches to be guaranteed a spot in the main draw.

Schnur, 23, won 84 per cent of his first-serve points, well ahead of Diez’s 67 per-cent clip.

The Canadian will play No. 18 qualifying seed Salvatore Caruso of Italy in the final round of qualifying on Thursday.

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Schnur, ranked 114th in the world, reached his first ATP Tour final earlier this year when he finished as runner-up at the New York Open.

Four Canadian men are in the main draw at Wimbledon — No. 15 seed Milos Raonic of Thornhill, Ont., No. 19 Felix Auger-Aliassime of Montreal, No. 29 Denis Shapovalov of Richmond Hill, Ont., and unseeded Vasek Pospisil of Vancouver.

The draw takes place Friday and play begins Monday.

The Canadian Press