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Private school Reed's serves an ace at Wimbledon

Posted on 26th June 2008

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An education at an independent school seems to have paid off for Chris Eaton, as he stormed through the first round of Wimbledon.

Ranked 661st in the world, the 20-year-old stunned viewers when he beat Serbian Boris Pashanski, who was 547 places higher in the rankings.

And according to the Times, Mr Eaton has much to thank Reed's School in Surrey for.

The private school, which was also home to Tim Henman, supported the rise of Mr Eaton's tennis career, sending him to train all over the world, equipping him with academic work to do while travelling.

Richard Garrett, who helped develop the tennis programme at the school, told the paper: "I am confident that this [success] will go on."

He added: "Chris is intelligent, very determined and he's going to be so buoyed by this. And I would say that if he does well, the British public will have someone they'll really, really enjoy following."

Mr Eaton's bid for Wimbledon glory continues today as he takes on Russian Dmitry Tursunov on Court One.
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