Yes, a similar vein of thought. I've only seen them all together twice but I felt that Alexis was very 'taught' and I couldn't help wondering if it was rather for his father, who may well be a lovely bloke, and not pushy, and maybe not into reflected glory, but I didn't see much 'love' of the game coming from Alex, in fact, he looked all rather strained (and it wasn't a particularly important match).

NB viv-a-vis the coaching, presumably Josh G is the main guy. But it was curious to see both Josh and father using some really old-fashioned coaching methods - not saying they're bad as such but that technology and methods have moved on hugely and no one else does it like that any more. Frankly, if I were his dad, and money was not the overriding concern, and Alex was up for it obviously, has he not thought of him going to an Academy for a year or two? More modern, diverse approaches would (in my view) be a good idea and might possibly give some space for him to develop in his own right.

We are underway and Dan S seems to be and taking the Mick out of Peter - leading 5-1, Charlie an early breakdown.

L32:  (2) Dan Smethurst WR 564 defeated Peter Mick (SVK) WR 1738 by 1 & 3

Stircrazy wrote:

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paulisi wrote:

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[...] Charlie an early breakdown.

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Nervous?  

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just a bit spaced out  

Alexis who had by far the easiest draw of our Q guys (the only one with an UNR opponent) is leading nicely

served for the match at 5-4 only to get broken

Squeaky culo time in Egypt as Alexis goes into a 3rd set breaker.