"I'm going to reinvest in myself" - Peniston after a huge prize earn at Queen's Club.

Ryan Peniston admitted he has had worse weeks after earning a £100,000 pay day at Queen’s Club.

The British number seven, barely heard of outside tennis circles a few days ago, saw his dream run at the cinch Championships – his first appearance in an ATP Tour main draw – ended at the quarter-final stage by Filip Krajinovic.

Yet Peniston’s charge to the last eight, courtesy of wins over Francisco Cerundolo and top seed Casper Ruud, earned him £50,000 in prize money, almost double his earnings for the rest of the year. Moreover, his performances this week also secured the 26-year-old a Wimbledon wild card, guaranteeing him at least the same amount again.

On all of that, he said:

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“I was playing on the Futures Tours a couple of years ago and then the Challengers. So it’s definitely going to help my career a lot. I’m just going to reinvest it in myself. Just being able to pay for training and travel and now I’m starting to be able to afford a coach to travel with."

He added:

“The next step is being able to afford a physical trainer on the road, which I think is super important, and trying to basically improve the team and have them as much with me as possible. I’m going to remember a lot from this week I think, for sure. Definitely a few feelings that I had, like after the win in my first round and then the match point in my last match in the second round. Those feelings will take a while, I think, to forget.

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