john wrote:

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Yeah Drew, I heard the McHenman comments too on Talksport. People emailing saying yet another British loser etc. Incredible really, but give it a day or two and it will die down and the morons will go back to discussing who the next Newcastle manager will be.

Tim was on 5Live Sports Extra this morning doing a quick phone interview. He basically said you know, that Andy was in great form and you know, this is just a very minor blip you know, so you know he's not worried about Andy at all you know.

He also commented a little on how hard the upcoming Davis Cup tie was going to be but said that Andy had exactly the right attitude and wouldn't let the pressure of having to win his matches get to him.

To me the most interesting thing he said was when he was asked if he thought that Andy might be struggling because he now has the added pressure of being top 10 and being favourite and expected to win most of his matches now rather than being the underdog he has been mostly so far. Tim came straight out and said that was a load of rubbish and that when you go out on court, seedings and rankings don't matter and it's just you and your gameplan.

He also made some comments about how we don't prepare our youngsters well enough for the transition into the seniors tour. Said that if he could go back to his teenage years he'd do things very differently to how he did and that there is a lot of young talent in this country that has gone to waste in the past.

Anyone else hear this?

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 Yeah I heard it. Its on the bbc tennis pages right now.

he also said that 'Baker has put himself in front for the second singles place...'