Late summer has brought mixed fortunes to MCTA. Stefy recorded her best win of her career when she overcame Nueza Silva of Portugal in the first round of Coimbra 25K Challenger 6-3 in the third set. Silva was on a great run of win, final and win of the past 3 Challengers and the form player of the month. Stefy has modified her game into an attacking style and has spent 7 months adapting to this aggressive style and the work is beginning to pay off. She lost a 3-0 lead in the 2nd round eventually losing to the tournament winner Thyssen 6-4 7-5 but shown herself she can compete with the top Challenger girls. She followed up with a semi-final in a 10K in Cumberland which was a decent result but actually disappointing for her, given the confidence she has gained. Next up is the 50K in Maribor, Slovenia.

Ilija has shrugged off the cobwebs after a month off with the groin pull that prevented him from playing Wimbledon juniors. He made the quarter-finals of a Serbian Future last week and this week has qualified and won a good 1st round match that excited Igor who immediately phoned Tennis Director Dave Sammel with these words "Ilija has had a very good win. He played the right type of tennis and held it together for all the match. It has been a while since he has exciting to watch for a whole match!"

Wes is currently rehabbing a torn tendon in his knee the same injury that has plagued him all season. Rest and shockwave therapy are the doctors orders and unfortunately the time it will take may keep Wes off the court for the rest of the year putting paid to his Shanghai debut at the end of season top 8 doubles masters. He and Jeff were lying 5th after Wimbledon. Wes is hoping to resume both his singles and doubles career with a vengeance in 2009. All at MCTA wish him a full recovery and know how hard he is working in the gym on everything possible that does not affect the knee.