TORRES failed again – but this time it was the racket named after the Spanish star by die hard Chelsea fan Josh Goodall that let him down the Basingstoke tennis ace after he lost his Wimbledon first round singles encounter to Grega Zemlja.

Talking after his 6-4, 3-6, 7-6, 6-4 defeat on Monday the Basingstoke-born player said: “I name my rackets after Chelsea players – I have Terry, Lampard, Hazard and David Luiz. I used Torres (pictured) today, so maybe that is where I went wrong.

“It may sound stupid, but it is my way of knowing what tension the rackets are.”

The 26-year-old British number four was unable to hide the disappointment of another defeat at SW19 in a game where he was evenly matched.

Having lost the first set, he then squared the match and was break up in the third set, before losing it in a tie-break.

Goodall said: “I was looking at the boards and there was only a few points in it.

“The third set tie-break was really crucial and it was really annoying that I served a double fault. I lost the set, he did not win it.”

Reflecting on his fifth singles defeat at Wimbledon the Basingstoke-born player, ranked 215 in the world, said: “I am not getting thrashed.

“I get the chances, but I am not taking them.

“At this time last year I was going to give up singles and just play doubles, but after two months of really hard work in the gym I won a few tournaments.

“I realised I had a chance, but I need to be winning matches like today as I don’t want to just hang around being ranked in the 200s.

“I want to get into the top 100.”

Goodall admitted he maybe going for too many winners at the big points and said: “You watch the top guys and they play the ball down the middle and make their opponents make the big shots.

“At the moment I am not doing that. I’m a bit crazy with my shot selection. That is something I really need to look at.”

The British number four also suffered with the wrath of technology as he was broken in the fourth and final set after Hawk-eye reversed a decision.

Goodall said: “That annoyed me as I did not react to the ball as it was called out and I was only a foot away. I could have made it and was unhappy with the umpire’s decision to say the point was over.”