Smudge226 wrote:

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Is it just me or do Italy suddenly seem to have a lot of promising young talent? A little like what we have seen come out of Russia a few years back or more recently Canada, a clutch of promising youngsters. For years it was just Seppi and Foggy, I just wonder what the catalyst for this has been..

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 Im sure a lot of it is linked to the investment in tournaments from the top down; the tour finals and next gen finals helped create interest, but the abundance of challenger and ItF events has created opportunity at a local and cost effective level for more players to compete and gain ranking points.