stevemcqueen wrote:

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Coup Droit wrote:

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NB Impressed by the young Australian men that I saw - really excellent matches from 20 year-old Luke Saville - his match against Belucci could have been in the main draw - a real stunner. Alex Bolt, age 21, was another. 22 year-old Duckworth produced some great tennis too. And Groth is obviously a monster.
Great attitude from all of them, too - really committed.

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 Only a decade ago Australians were lamenting their lack of talent - apart from Leyton and Flippinousis there was nobody.....I think there is an element of chance in all this, and people never mention that...

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You may well be right. The Swedes also obviously had a golden period that then fizzled to nothing. But I don't really know enough about either system to know if anything was changed, at the top, or in the methodology or if, indeed, it was just chance coz, as you say, these things do come and go.

However, all I do know is that Saville and Marti produced an amazing display today - total respect for both men. 5 sets, over 4 hours (and I assume neither has played a 5-set match before, alhtough I might be wrong and it doesn't really change anything). Either could have won. Match point to marti in the 4th. But Luke was mentally SO strong - amazing.

And Duckworth and Groth both produced big matches too (and Bolt wasn't far off). So lots for the Aussies to cheer about. Pleased for them.