Coup Droit wrote:

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Sam Barry thanks Adidas for cheering him up after a 'tough loss' as a nice parcel of goodies arrives at a timely moment.

And, although not strictly relevant, congrats to the other irishman Louk Sorenson who's just won the 15k out in China.

Tennis Ireland have no posts about this at all (i,e, his semis win or good luck or anything). (Tons about Barry)

Are Louk and Irish tennis completely 'estranged'?

Even so, wouldn't a federation post about their countryman's wins whatever? (I know Louk isn't the most 'irish' of all the irish players but as long as that's his country of choice, surely that counts). It's hardly as though Tennis Ireland are spoilt for choice.

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Maybe they're just not aware - they follow me and have tended to tweet about Sam soon after I have (they've only mentioned his matches against Brits) so maybe they don't go looking for results themselves. Having said that, I think they tweeted about one of the results when I wasn't around but I think the LTA has tweeted that first and they follow them too. In other words, maybe they are just reactive about tweeting results rather than deliberately giving Louk the silent treatment.

Marcus's winner's interview -  http://bit.ly/1fAOtvl