Alex Bogdanovic failed to qualify for the round robin stage of the Delray Beach International after losing to American qualifier Scoville Jenkins.
The 22-year-old British number three was beaten 6-3 7-6 (7-3).

The world number 141 conceded six double faults and won just 28% on his second serve as he lost in one hour and 27 minutes.

Bogdanovic also failed to qualify for the Australian Open after losing in the first round of qualifying.

What do we think of ol' Boggo?

He is still only 22, which surprises me as he seems to have been around for ages? He had a career high of 116 last year. Do we think this is as far as he can go? For as long ago as I can remember we Brits have always had a whole bunch of guys hanging below the top 100 who just can't seem to make that extra push.
I think a lot of this is to do with determination, many of the guys get help from the LTA, if they didn't maybe they would be more steely determined to work harder and make a breakthrough?

BTW, can anyone remember the name of the BRit Junior who we had high hopes for back in the early nineties? Sure he won a Grand Slam junior title?

*runs off to check*

*EDIT* Regarding the LTA didn't Boggo tell them where to stick there funding a few years back? :blink:

Boggo lost his LTA funding in 2004 due to a lack of commitment - in order to prove them wrong (and possibly regain funding) he qualified for the 2004 US Open (he lost in the first round)

The Brit junior - would that be Martin Lee? Think he was Junior Doubles Runner-Up at SW19. Can't think of another.

im not sure but are you talking about martin lee? He was world junior number one in the 90s and he was wimbledon junior doubles that year. He's retired now because he's had massive injuries which stopped him getting up the rankings (i think he peaked at just in the top 100) but he was beating some good players at the time. He injured his knee badly and had to have patella tendon operation which kept him out for almost a year i think.

A stat to please Pebs and Nick will be that he had a winning H2H against blake :o . He beat the american in newport and reached the final there.

I sit corrected. Martin Lee was Junior Doubles Champ in 95 at SW19 with James Trotman (Trotman hardly heard of since) :unsure:

Was Tim ever successful as a junior?

Wow, Bogo, gets front page on the beeb for losing, great exposure :rolleyes:

At least he isn't Kim! roflmao

Dont hold your breath, she's milking it on the beeb now :rolleyes: roflmao

I haven't read the report - did Bogdanavic manage to leave a chilling warning to Fed on his way out of the tournament? :P

No, not Martin Lee.. pre Martin Lee...

I'll try and find who I am talking about... or maybe I am dreaming.. I do have vivid dreams.. :blink:

I found him... took bloody ages!

James Baily

Back in the days when Tim Henman was regarded as too scrawny to consider a top-flight tennis career, a bright, shining light emerged at the 1993 Australian Open. Baily, second from left, next to Henman, the training partner of the much-hyped Jamie Delgado, took everybody by surprise to win the junior title on the Rebound Ace of Flinders Park. In some circles the victory was seen as heralding a new era in British tennis, but the experience of facing a nation’s media on his homecoming terrified the shy Baily. After playing just one men’s event, the 18-year-old turned his back on the game and was perfectly content to drift back into anonymity.