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admin · Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 4:56 pm Post subject: 2003 photos

With Tim Henman and Greg Rusedski injured for the Davis Cup tie against Australia on clay in January, captain Roger Taylor was forced to give some of the younger British players a chance. He selected clay-court specialist Alan Mackin, Alex Bogdanovic, doubles specialist Miles Maclagan and GB no 4 Arvind Parmar

Alex in training in Australia:

admin · Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 7:32 pm Post subject:

Alex was nominated as the 2nd singles player and at just 18 handed one of the most daunting tasks in men's tennis, taking on the world no 1 and reigning Wimbledon champion Lleyton Hewitt in front of a partisan home crowd !!! Many pundits expected the match to be a complete walkover for Hewitt but Boggo rose to the task and stormed to a 4-2 first set lead. BBC commentators said that from the first 6 games, one would have thought Boggo was the world no 1 ! However, Hewitt hit back and edged the 1st set 7-5, but being forced to play some of his very best tennis. In sets 2 and 3 the Aussie was just too good producing some trademark brilliant winners on the run when it looked like Boggo had the point won. He won the match 7-5, 6-1, 6-2 but Alex was able to take heart from pushing him so hard for a set.

admin · Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 2:56 pm Post subject:

With GB 4-0 down and facing a humiliating whitewash; Alex was nominated to play the final singles rubber against one of the legends of tennis - Todd Woodbridge, winner of grand slams titles on all 4 surfaces and a former top 100 singles player. Alex produced arguably the best performance of his career at this point to win 6-2, 7-6

admin · Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 3:16 pm Post subject:

Alex attacks with a backhand on the way to a 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 victory over Australia's Jaymon Crabb in rd1 of the Surbiton Trophy, the opening tournament of the grass-court season

admin · Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 3:29 pm Post subject:

Alex defeated Canadian Frederic Niemeyer 7-5, 6-3 in rd2 of Surbiton before beating George Bastl 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 in the quarters [the photo below shows Alex in action in this match]. Afterwards Alex described this win as the biggest of his career

admin · Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 3:34 pm Post subject:

Alex reached his first challenger final by defeating the giant Croatian Ivo Karlovic in a dramatic 3 setter with no breaks 6-7[7], 7-6[3], 7-6[7]. In the final he faced South African Wesley Moodie. Moodie won 6-4, 6-7[2], 6-1 but Alex had become the first British player ever to make the Surbiton final. These photos are from the Bogdanovic-Moodie match

admin · Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 10:22 am Post subject:

Alex was awarded a wildcard into ATP Queens for the 2nd year running, n rd1 he faced British qualifier Arvind Parmar. Alex won a tight match 6-7[3], 6-4, 7-6[2]

admin · Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 12:54 pm Post subject:

Alex in action during his 2nd round defeat to France's Anthony Dupuis. Alex took the 1st set 6-3 but missed several match points in the next two sets and lost them 6-7[6], 6-7[9]. Dupuis went on to reach the quarters

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admin · Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 10:49 am Post subject:

Alex was awarded a wildcard into the ATP Nottingham main draw and he took full advantage, producing the best performance of his career at this moment, to beat former top 20 player and Wimbledon quarter-finalist, Jan-Michael Gambill, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4.
Bogdanovic looked on course for a straight sets victory when he led by a set and a break but suffered a concentration lapse and Gambill to full advantage. However, it was the 19 year old Briton who held his nerve in the decider.
Speaking afterwards Bogdanovic said "It's definitely the best win of my career. I was expecting to feel a bit nervous on a centre court but I was playing really well and he really couldn't hurt me. I lost a little bit of concentration in the second set but I hung on very well and stayed aggressive and it gives you a lot of confidence."

admin · Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 10:53 am Post subject:

Alex's run in ATP Nottingham ended in rd2 with a 6-4, 6-2 defeat to former Wimbledon semi-finalist Vladimir Voltchkov. Speaking after the match Alex admitted that he'd run out of steam after all the matches he'd played recently: