British Women Watch

you mean you don't mind your head being in the sand....

No I mean I'm not bitter about our British girls success.

I'm sure it's a great success for them/their families , but for me, they are all bland and uninspiring at the moment.
I think system here kills the natural spark, I've seen it in my club, it's painful.

Tell me, what exactly do you expect from an 18 year old starting on the tour?

Think Novak Djokovic at 18

You can't expect everyone to be like hat.

I think you're very unrealistic in your expectations of our girls coming through, maybe you're not really aware of what life is like on tour or any of Robsons career really.

I'll continue to enjoy their exploits, it's a shame you don't get more pleasure out of anyone except Nole.

Here's some insight for you, might make you think again about your girls maturing at 15 comment:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2008/jul/08/wimbledon.tennis1

"You are going through puberty and you are having to cope with wins and losses at the same time. It's very, very intense," says Croft. "You change so much as a person in those years that Laura is just about to come into. I changed dramatically during that time and all the dreams and ambitions and thoughts of winning Wimbledon that I had when I was a child suddenly became less appealing in the harsh reality of the tour."


In Croft's experience, that jump presents a mental challenge as well as a physical one for teenagers. "Having been a top junior, I was used to winning - and once you get out on the tour, you start losing. My confidence was getting knocked all the time. I found it really difficult to bounce back from that because it's very hard to deal with," said Croft.

Instead of being so harsh on our juniors why not take some time finding out what life is like for young players trying to make it, it's not a bed of roses.

Jonty, I think we belong to two very different schools of thought.
I'll leave you to Croft's wisdom and experience.

Tennis here is rubbish because it's a sport for snobs.
It will remain like that.

I have no reason to believe otherwise.

It's a nice little hobby to follow juniors if that's your thing; just like planting a little tomato in the garden and go ga-ga when it produces a fruit or two.

The rest grow acres of it, and have the overflow.

Like I said, I just think I'm more positive about tennis here than yourself.