O thnku so so much!!! Yea, go Aisam!!! :)

Manchester is not a happy hunting ground this year I'm afraid:
Childs loses to Bopanna 4-6 6-7
Delgado loses to Ryderstadt 2-6 5-7

Glad I couldnt go today

Do u guyz know de OOP for tomorow as wel???

Not the best of weeks as far as the singles go.Is there any news on the doubles from today?

-- Edited by helki at 19:50, 2007-07-18

Unfortunately, Dupuis is a very good grass court player. This year, he qualified for s'Hertogenbosch and reached the semis, including a win over Ben Becker in the quarters.

He then qualified for Newport, beating Lee Childs before reaching the second round with a win over Economidis. He went out in the second round but not before taking Mahut to three sets.

I honestly can't see Josh troubling Dupuis on grass.

And that's not to mention the fact that last year he beat Rusedski (through retirement though) at Queen's before reaching the semis here in Manchester and then winning Nottingham, beating a certain Josh Goodall 6-3 6-2 along the way. And that was with Josh in great form after his run to the final in Manchester the previous week.

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.....to an extent, yes, but if you're a player and you want to be the best, and you have the opportunity, surely you go up to a Murray, a Henman, a Gilbert and you ask them what they do to beat people, you read Brad's book, you note what the top guys do and you copy them, you ask your coach why he's not teaching you this.

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To be honest I think that the above is just laughable & I take it as an insult. I work in performance, with some top juniors & I know for a fact that each & every player who has the slightest future at a professional level are given the correct pre & post match routines i.e warming up, cooling down, stretching, eating & showering. Part of this is scouting potential opponents & to make notes or mental notes but to be honest you can get just as much information from guys in the locker room on opponents as you will always know somebody who has played your potential opponent/s. To say that the losses do not hurt enough is unfair on the boys also, they have given up much of their childhood to be where they are & haven't done so to be ranked 1000ATP, they want to reach the top & any losses hurt & hurt deeply but they have been trained to pick out what needs to be improved as well as positives & move onwards & upwards. That being said they are also realistic & know that winning matches at challenger level is a tall order, when the whole idea of the exercise is to gain match experience at such a high level at this stage. In order for us to produce results & players we need to stop looking at totally useless points & realise that when it comes to this level of competition all the players have had the right training & imput but ultimately it is up to them to deliver on & off court & stop needing coaches to hold their hand & just stand on their own 2 feet & be professional..... which I believe our top juniors are currently doing like never before.