according to the BBC Website,

A British tennis player dubbed the worst player in the world has finally won a professional match at the 55th attempt and after three years trying.

Robert Dee, 21, recorded his landmark victory in the qualifying section of a futures event in Spain.

Dee beat Arzhang Derakhshani 6-4 6-3 in the first round of qualifying for the Reus tournament, near Barcelona.

However, his moment in the sun did not last long - he promptly lost 6-3 6-1 to Artur Romanowski in the second round.

Until he beat Derakhshani, Dee had lost 108 straight sets, attracting widespread comment from tennis fans on internet message boards.

Dee, who has a career-best world ranking of 1,466, has been trying to win in tournaments at the very lowest level of the professional game since April 2005.