indiana wrote:

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Stircrazy wrote:

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Fantastic win for Alex by 2-6 6-2 6-2!  

I suppose that means that Dan & Josh are now going to fall flat on their respective arses, given that they're both Brits & that there's that unwritten rule which states that we're destined never to see three, let alone four, out of four Brits triumph in an overseas Challenger event!

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 Gee, SC, how to dampen the mood     

Hopefully the players don't read much of the wimpy British stuff that comes out on this forum at times 

( edit : though I am generally for folk at times saying what they really think irrespective of players reading our ramblings.  It's just I don't buy into this things happen just because they're British stuff  )

 

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Why is saying what I said being "wimpy"?   Realistic, more like!  I'm a natural pessimist & I've had my hopes for/expectations of British players dashed/confounded far too often now to be prepared to assume that victory for any one of them is in the bag until the last ball has been struck.  That said, I said what I said in the fervent hope that it would have the opposite effect & that my expectations would be confounded in a positive way!

Re your edit, no, things happen because, by & large, most of them ain't good enough to do much more than muddle along in Futures & lower level Challengers!  Doesn't make want to stop supporting them & hoping for the best, nor make me feel like transferring my allegiance to players with more obvious talent and/or potential from elsewhere, though.