Ran out of steam I think. Big chance missed

Job done - he stayed in the match long enough to get his wildcard for Queens.

Boggo hardly deserves to qualify, though. He didn't play a single warm up which was a poor move - is there anyone in the qualies draw who's playing his first clay event after a few months time?

Still, at least he gets the money and gets more time to practice on grass.



-- Edited by Greenleaf at 13:38, 2008-05-22

i think it is clear the lta need to end the gilbert/boggo partnership. io think the only matches aklex has won when gilbert has been there asre the match in the AOQ, the sf in cherbourg and the win here.
the wins in lanza and india were without gilbert and for 1 reason or another i think its clear that the partnership just isnt work. should they see how it will go on grass?

i do feel for alex, he doesnt want to lose, esp on his birthday but something needs to be done.

I don't think anybody in their right mind would believe Boggo doesn't want to win, but there must be something that could be done about this tendency to switch off when he gets a bit of a setback after being well on top in a match.

I mean, with anyone else, you see a 6-0 4-6 scoreline and you think they're definitely still in the match, perhaps even favourite to win, whereas with Boggo today, I think virtually all of us on here knew he was going to collapse in the 3rd as soon as LJ broke from 40-0 down to go 5-4 up in the 2nd.

I realise Lopez-Jaen has 'previous' here from as recently as two days ago, but I don't believe it was all him because it's happened to Alex too many times before. Having said that, as I said on AM.com at the end of the match, I could imagine the French crowd turning to LJ at the end and singing "Etes-vous Numpty Nalby dé-guis-é?"

-- Edited by steven at 14:41, 2008-05-22

Alex just seems not to be a born winner I'm afraid. He's at the stage now where if you don't already have a fighting/winning mentality you're never going to have it.