Wasted may be the wrong term purely from Marcus's perspective but opening supermarkets was probably not on top of LTA agenda when he was playing orange bowls, Eddie Herrs, nice little purely sight seeing trip to Melbourne and back, Florence, Roland Garos, New York. A JCH of 16 when not trying too hard. You don't win through Wimbledon Qualifying and the first round proper to get a date with Rodge on centre court without a game fit for purpose. My heart sinks at the opportunities missed.

I would think from an LTA perspective they would on reflection wish they had invested in someone else, wasted, no but only in the context of what doesn't kill you makes you stronger, although not alone in such behaviour I think it definitely shaped how the LTA have subsequently funded or not their young players.

Players with excellent attitudes find it hard to get anything. Perhaps Jay would have got something earlier? Perhaps Ryan would have got support.

"Duty to thrash around the challenger tour" ? Agreed he is 26 and his duty is to himself and his family to make a living and unless he really focuses on conditioning, hits the beetroot juice, maximises his strengths and mitigates the weaker parts of his game by playing a very selective schedule on favourable surfaces things are not going to happen. The time is now but realistically you are right he is better opening supermarkets and working the margins of tennis squeezing every last buck out of his glorious Wimbledon last year. Brace yourself for Marcus the movie in 3D, I understand Aidan Turner is in training for the lead role.

-- Edited by Oakland2002 on Saturday 15th of July 2017 08:52:45 AM