How successful is UK tennis?
There is a difference between perception and reality based on Wimbledon distortion
Anne Keothavongs world ranking has gone
1999 - world number 702
2000- world number 377
2001 - world number 268
2002 - world number 233
2003 - world number 177
2004 - world number 175
2005 - world number 239 (injured)
2006 - world number 168
2007 - world number 122
2008 - world number 61
Currently - 48
Seems like good progress for someone who has not been a teenage sensation but is labelled a
failure as she lost in the first round Wimbledon.
Secondly the people that Brits lost to include
Verdasco (7th seed)
Johannson (world number 78)
Hantucova (world number 32)
Davydenko (world number 12)
Berdych (20th seed)
Llodra "world number 34)
Benesova (world number 35)
Even if they had all improved massively then just how many of these games would we expect them to win. I guess losing at Wimbledon is not worth a whole season of quiet success in the eyes of the tabloids.
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