Robert Dee, 21, recorded a victory in the qualifying section of a futures event in Spain. Normally this would be nothing to get too excited about but when you consider this young British tennis player has earned the title of the worst player in the world after losing his first 54 professional matches you can understand why this would be classed as a benchmark victory after finally winning at the 55th attempt and after three years of trying.

Dee beat Arzhang Derakhshani 6-4 6-3 in the first round of qualifying for the Reus tournament, near Barcelona. His new found winning streak didn’t last long - he  lost 6-3 6-1 to Artur Romanowski in the second round. The victory means he still remains joint holder of the record for the longest losing run in the history of the pro game with Diego Beltranena of Guatemala.

Until his victory, Dee had lost 108 straight sets, who has a career high world ranking of 1466, has been trying to win in tournaments at the lowest level of the professional game since April 2005.