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Stircrazy wrote:
Can I take this opportunity to beg anyone flagging up Brit interest in the doubles section of a particular Grand Slam/ATP/Challenger tournament in which there are also Brits in the singles to start a separate doubles thread (unless I get there first, that is wink )?  This thread is a prime example of how news of the progress of teams involving at least one Brit can be swamped by a shedload of comments on singles matches!

Nice to see the shed still getting the blame for something on here wink

Seriously though, thanks to helki for all the updates and to SC (I know from experience that it takes some effort to relay the texts to all of us too)  - why the LTA don't give whoever's there from BT.net access to their Twitter feed http://www.lta.org.uk/News/Twitter/ and ask them to update it, I'll never know - it's a great idea, just not enough updates really.

Come to think of it, should we set up a BT.net Twitter feed that people at tournaments could text to? I'm not an expert on this, but I'm sure that between us we could do a better job!



-- Edited by steven on Thursday 4th of June 2009 09:20:34 PM

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steven wrote:

 

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Count Zero wrote:

oh dear alex. and you want them to give you a Wimbledon WC? You claim you have no mental issues? yet you crack under pressure 99% of the time. twice in this match, at the end of the 2nd set and crucially at the end of the 3rd when you served for it. I'm not claiming i wouldn't crack under the pressure, but i think i could admit it at least and try and get help. its not just physical ability.


A heart-felt plea there, Count. hmm  On the mental thing, maybe he should think about consulting someone like Steve Peters, the psychiatrist attached to the British Olympic cycling team.  He helped Vicky Pendleton pick herself up after the disaster that was Athens (for her) & look what happened in Beijing! wink  He's even worked with Chris Hoy & various other leading British sportsmen & women.  There'd be no disgrace in it.  Just a thought...
Now there's a good idea ... someone who's proved that they can do it instead of some random shrink. It can hardly do any harm can it.

 

 

I've now found the Sunday Times article from last November which impressed me sufficiently to register somewhere in the depths of what passes for a memory with me:  here for anybody who's really interested.

 



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steven wrote:

Stircrazy wrote:

 

Count Zero wrote:

oh dear alex. and you want them to give you a Wimbledon WC? You claim you have no mental issues? yet you crack under pressure 99% of the time. twice in this match, at the end of the 2nd set and crucially at the end of the 3rd when you served for it. I'm not claiming i wouldn't crack under the pressure, but i think i could admit it at least and try and get help. its not just physical ability.


A heart-felt plea there, Count. hmm  On the mental thing, maybe he should think about consulting someone like Steve Peters, the psychiatrist attached to the British Olympic cycling team.  He helped Vicky Pendleton pick herself up after the disaster that was Athens (for her) & look what happened in Beijing! wink  He's even worked with Chris Hoy & various other leading British sportsmen & women.  There'd be no disgrace in it.  Just a thought...
Now there's a good idea ... someone who's proved that they can do it instead of some random shrink. It can hardly do any harm can it.
That almost sounds like Brad Gilbert (of two years ago)!

Of course, Brad isn't a psychiatrist and it seems now that his techniques are better suited to players of a certain psyche.  Alex certainly seems to buck the tennis trend in terms of his personality and perhaps the traditional coaching infrastructure isn't well set up for dealing with people such as him.  However, he's certainly not unique - particularly when looking beyond tennis - so there must be some good people out there who could add something to his mental game.

 



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Stircrazy wrote: 

I've now found the Sunday Times article from last November which impressed me sufficiently to register somewhere in the depths of what passes for a memory with me:  here for anybody who's really interested.

Interesting - thanks SC.

Updated result:
Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) defeated Chimp Bogdanovic (GBR) 4-6 7-5 7-6(5) brainless.gif

 



-- Edited by The Hoose on Friday 5th of June 2009 07:51:55 AM

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Poor show, Coxy. cry.gif

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rubbish day all round apart from the mens doubles.

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To be honest, when I got home and saw that the Elena/Naomi match was just about to start, thus meaning that Boggo's match was reasonably long, I was certain that he'd managed to lose the match, and then to find he served for the match as well was disappointing, but not entirely unexpected.

It seems that once again Boggo has played a good match against someone, but his nerve has let him down, which again has proved to be costly. Not quite sure hwo to solve the problem, and he seems unable to close out tight matches at the moment.

Maybe he should have a chat with Josh after another great win for him at the business end of the third set. Amritraj won't be an easy match, but it's a match that he is capable of winning, and would be very good to see him in the semi finals here.

Shame for Eaton to lose as well, but he never really looked like he managed to get into his match.

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Eric Butorac (USA) & Scott Lipsky (USA) [3] bt Jamie Delgado (GBR) & Jonny Marray (GBR) [WC] 6-3 6-4
"We probably didn't play as well as we played in the last couple of matches but our opponents are a good, established pair who play together a lot. We knew it would be a tough match because they are ranked quite highly in doubles and they both have good serves. It's tough to face big servers on grass."

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Colin Fleming (GBR) & Ken Skupski (GBR) bt Jamie Murray (GBR) & Gilles Muller (LUX) 7-6(5) 6-3

Josh v Amritraj match about to start - live scores on bet365.com

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Pleased for Flemski, a few confidence boosting wins (& perhaps a title!) before Queens & Wimbledon will hopefully, draw permitting, see them get through a round or two in both. 

Im not as sad to Jamie lose as perhaps I should be, I can't even really explain why

-- Edited by James on Friday 5th of June 2009 03:06:41 PM

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what a dire event with respect to results
are two shinning lights ward and evans go missing like french aeroplanes

as for eaton, he can forget a wimby wc, hes not going to get anymore serbian clowns

goodall, well done, but with respect to defending points this year, its a little late, all this inida challanger etc hes going to have to play well.

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Josh saves two break points and holds for 2-2*.

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great stuff flemski!

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Josh breaks for *3-2 biggrin.gif

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and holds to love for 4-2*

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