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Count Zero


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Ratty brings up a good point. Boggo has been talking about improving his fitness for a long time now. i know he worked extremely hard under Brad Gilbert, i am sure i saw signs of improvement even last year, vs bolelli, but we don't know how far off the pace he was to start with and by how much he can improve.

Really its not about surviving 1 match though, its about being able to do it day after day, that's what is really needed, and it could be why so often Boggo has fallen at the QF stage in challengers.

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OOP for Tuesday is out.

Murray is 3rd on centre
Boggo is 2nd on court 2
Evans is 1st on court 4
H and H are TBA.

Interested to find out how it was decided that Ferrero/Youzhny should be on court 1. Good match, but court 1, ahead of Hewitt, Boggo, Evans, Simon, Gonzo, Safin and also Kuzzy, Jankovic, Ivanovic, Wozniacki and Keothavong for the women?



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there is a reasonably lengthy interview with boggo here:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/8113613.stm

he admits he is at last chance saloon via wc's not quite sure why they say he is coached by mike Raphael, nor do i agree that last years loss to Bolelli, was 'disappointing' but there we are.

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That's the BBC for you - John Inverdale kept saying Mel South was the GB no. 2 and playing Natalie Johansson ...

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Erm Court 4 is old Court 3...is that televised? If not, then in the unlikely event of an Evans upset the Beeb might have shot itself in the foot

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Dimitrov lost 6-3 0-6 0-4 ret.

Hopefully he'll not play for a while now.

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This really means nothing but an interesting observation about all the foreign wild cards at Queen's...

Nishikori - injured again and missed Wimbly
Grosjean - injured again and missed Wimbly
Baghdatis - injured again and missed Wimbly
Dimitrov - injured at Wimbly


Roll on the conspiracy theories about a secret fraternity that'll do anything to see ten Brits in the top 100.

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Apparantly Mahut, who got a WC to Wimbledon, was struggling with a knock as well that may well have contributed to his first round loss at Wimbledon, while the other WC, Ferrero, only needs one because he has been injured!!!

Does look like Dimitrov would have won without the injury though...MTF is reporting he got the injury in the first game of the 2nd set and obviously tried to carry on but it wasn't worth it in the end.



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Wow, wasn't aware of the fact that Mahut was injured, too!


So if Ferrero retires today *, I'll email all undeserving WC candidates next year and scare them away. smile.gif


* Nothing serious, hopefully, I like the man - something like home sickness or fever would do.

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Its a bit a nightmare day of results for the British Men and Women today, (although there's been some good performances) so its time for Super Boggo to save the day!!!

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Ferrero beats Youzhny to mean that the wild cards go 1-6 in the first round.



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**** this goddamn sport

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Looking through the OOP i see that Bolelli has given Tsonga a walkover into R3.

That was easy.

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So it must have been Bolelli who picked up the injury which caused Bolelli/Seppi to retire in the doubles against Nestor/Zimonjic.

Not that Bolelli would have given Tsonga too much trouble given that he can't return, and Tsonga has a huge serve.

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I was watching Bolelli vs Crazy Dani on Court 15 on Monday and Bolelli looked terrible for two sets, got a back rub from the trainer then came out and looked quality and won in 5. I'm guessing his back stiffened up again afterwards or something

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