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Salmon


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British competitors in the main draw of the French Open may have been conspicuous by their absence this year, but there will be four British boys in the junior competition next week for the first time.

With Andy Murray injured, Greg Rusedski retired, Tim Henman sinking without trace in the first round on Tuesday, Jamie Murray losing in the doubles yesterday and no British women in the main draw (let us not forget James Auckland, who is in the doubles), British involvement has been as dismal as the Parisian weather. But interest should not end there. Graeme Dyce, Dan Evans, Dan Cox and David Rice, all ranked in the top 60 in the ITF junior world rankings, will fly the flag in the junior event, which begins on Sunday.

The British quartet, who have been training at the National Tennis Centre (NTC) in Roehampton, West London, this week, are being shepherded by Magnus Tiederman, a Swedish coach who worked with Thomas Johansson for 12 years, during which he won the Australian Open in 2002. "It's great that we have four players in the top 60," Tiederman said, "but it's not enough, we have to aim higher. The goal for next year is to have six in the main draw of the juniors. "

"If one does well the others want to do it; if one is going to make it big, then they all want to make it big. It's good to have the competition, but at the end of the day it's an individual sport and you can't afford to be too nice - you have to want to be the best in the world."

Tiederman, 44, is a realist and, having worked at the highest level, is not about to get carried away with bold predictions. "We're not going to have a winner this year," he said. "We are competing and learning. I am hoping that someone can sneak a quarter-final somewhere."


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Six into the main draw of next year's RG will be very difficult, but I like that goal.

Assuming that the two Dans, Tubby and Pauffley will play properly over the next eleven months and will be there, we still fall short by two.



There are a few talented players outside the top 200, but it's tough to rise so much in less than a year's time. But we can always hope that someone will make the transition from G5s and G4s to G3s and G2s in the next few months. A lot of tennis is going to be played in Britain and Ireland in the next few weeks - a GA, a G1, a G4 and three G5s - so it's possible that some of our boys will move inside the top 200 very soon.







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Quality research from The Times again!!! It's Magnus Tideman, not Magnus Tiederman.

And Dyce has only won one match since January (against Dunbar), so concentrating on him (the full article has 3 paragraphs on him and none on the others) seems a bit stupid.

But of course, we've got to have the "next Scottish star to follow Andy" angle, haven't we.


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Haha! This is nothing compared to the articles which try to sell us that 10 year old Ross Wilson (a very good prospect, for that matter) is set to be the next Andy Murray. rofl.gif



I wish they would let young players have their own identities instead of labeling them as the 'next Nadal', 'next Murray', 'next Federer' and so on. hmm.gif



Dyce is an extremely talented individual and someone who is capable of going a long distance in the future. But please let him have his own goals, his own style and his own path. Why force someone else's on him?? Why must he be another Andy Murray? Wouldn't it be better if he just became the first Graeme Dyce?






-- Edited by Arka at 03:18, 2007-06-01

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I donīt think itīs something to get too worried about. When Andy first came on the scene, people were saying how heīs "the next Henman" and the "passing of the torch to the next generation" and that he was "henmanīs replacement". Hardly anyone mentions that now and he is recognised as his own player and himself.

When he makes his name for himself, heīīll get his identity and people will stop the Andy comparisons

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