BOLTON have a Wimbledon champion after George Morgan won the boy’s doubles final last night.

The Horwich 18-year-old became the only Briton to walk away from Wimbledon with a winners’ medal after he and partner Mate Pavic beat Richmond’s Oliver Golding and Jiri Vesely.

Forty-eight hours after Andy Murray’s exit, and one day after Liam Broady collapsed to defeat in the boys’ singles final, Morgan and Pavic ran out 3-6 6- 4 7-5 winners against the top seeds on Court One.

Golding and Czech player Vesely were favourites going into the match and took the first set with relative ease.

Morgan and Croatian Pavic, who were seeded second, hit back to take the second set, leaving all to play for in a tense finale in front of a decent crowd.

Golding and Vesely cracked first in the decider, with the English youngster planting into the net on break point in the first game before slamming his racquet into the turf in disgust.

They hit back and it was tight as the set went to 5-5. Weak serving from Vesely made it 30-40 in the 12th game.

Pavic then came to the net and steered home a forehand volley to tie up victory.

Morgan, who won the prestigious Orange Bowl title in Florida last December, was delighted to have won the tournament on such a grand stage.

“It’s definitely the best feeling in my career, playing on Court One and winning a tight match against two really great players,”

he said.

“It’s probably not my best moment – Orange Bowl is definitely my best achievement – but this is my best feeling of winning a match.”

The teenager was cheered on by a big gathering of family members who had travelled to cheer him on.

“My mum and dad were here and so was my brother, my brother’s girlfriend, and some of my cousins too so that was quite good,” Morgan said.

“They were all really pleased with how I played and they all came up to me and said well done at the end.”

Morgan, a former Rivington and Blackrod School student and ranked 996 in the world, now hopes to win more junior trophies this year to earn a wildcard entry into the senior’s draw at SW19 next summer.

“I want to play lots of Future and Challenger (tour) matches and get my ranking up,” he said.

“Hopefully, I will be back here next year as well. I played qualifying this year as a wild card, and I’d like to play again.”