Anderson, Kevin RSA 221 Istomin, Denis UZB 230 Bogdanovic, Alex GBR 190 Jenkins, Scoville USA 274 Bohli, Stephane SUI 219 Kim, Kevin USA 178 Cakl, Tomas CZE 268 Menendez, Adrian ESP 232 Chardy, Jeremy FRA 192 Mertl, Jan CZE 196 Chekhov, Pavel RUS 294 Nishikori, Kei JPN 287 Cipolla, Flavio ITA 142 Oger, Thomas FRA 262 Devilder, Nicolas FRA 115 Okun, Noam ISR 243 Gensse, Augustin FRA 276 Recouderc, Laurent FRA 213 Guez, David FRA 184 Slanar, Martin AUT 291 @ Hippensteel, KJ USA 171 Sweeting, Ryan USA 251 Im, Kyu Tae KOR 228 Vagnozzi, Simone ITA 275
dont know where to stick this little snippet so it will go here:
Brads blog, with a bit on alex
Im here at Saddlebrook for the first time and this place is awesome. Theyve got 42 courts and a great training facility. Its 87 degrees and humid, perfect training weather for Australia. I was sweating just picking up balls today. Im working with Alex Bogdanovic and its cool because a bunch of the young guys like Isner, Evans, Kuznetsov, Fish, Oudsema, and Dancovic are also here practicing so theres no lack of competition. Ive got a feeling that Isner is really going to shoot up in the rankings next year. These guys are all serious ball players what they lack more than anything else is belief. I was telling Alex today that theres no magic pill in sports. ouve got to practice hard everyday, go to the gym and theres still no guarantee of success. My old coach Chivy used to always say that youve got to be ready for luck when it happens.
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lol, quite surprised at Alex's choice, I was sure he'd go for an atp qualies......I guess it's hard to know which one to pick in week 1 cause although the one in India is the weakest, Alex hates going there. Doha qualies are weakish but usually attracts the strongest main draw field and the conditions arent that similar to Australia.
Only problem with this challenger is that the coverage is crap from it...no proper website or live scores
wonder where Baker will play ? and whether Bloomers will bother making the trip down under ?