ANDY LIFTS BOG-STANDARD ALEX.NO-HOPER Alex Bogdanovic Aleksa "Alex" Bogdanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Aлeкca Бoгдaнoвић) (born May 22, 1984) is an British tennis player born in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia. reckons Andy Murray will help him bust hisWimbers jinx jinx n. 1. A person or thing that is believed to bring bad luck. 2. A condition or period of bad luck that appears to have been caused by a specific person or thing. tr.v. . Britain's No.3 hasn't got past round one in SEVEN years but is praying Murray will inspire him. Serbian-born Bogdanovic, right, ranked 189 in the world, said: "Andy's success isn't a burden to the rest of the British players. He is an inspiration. People look up to him because he is probably going to get to world No.1 at some point. "He is definitely going to win a Grand Slam and that is incredibly motivating for the rest of us (abuse) for The Rest Of Us - (From the Macintosh slogan "The computer for the rest of us") 1. Used to describe a spiffy product whose affordability shames other comparable products, or (more often) used sarcastically to describe spiffy but very overpriced products. 2. . "He sometimes comes down to train with us at Roehampton and we can actually see how hard he has to work to maintain his standards. "It helps us all to keep improving and to motivate us and it's great for the juniors coming through." Left-hander Bogdanovic, 25, faces a tricky opening match against 21st seed Tomas Berdych but is banking on home support to see him through to round two for the first time since 2002. Bogdanovic added: "It's great see the support Andy gets and it filters down to the rest of us which can only help. "We are all good friends and are supporting one another so hopefully someone can make that breakthrough." |
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