11.   Irritatingly for the General, both players are extremely short on match practice having struggled to confirm their places in the Spanish team.

12.   Kucera blamed a lack of match practice for his inability to seize his breakpoint chances.

13.   Martin was disappointed and blamed a serious lack of match practice for his defeat.

14.   My main concern is to get some match practice in.

15.   Rubin blamed the close match on a series of bungled returns and said her rustiness was partly due to a lack of match practice the last six weeks.

16.   She just wants more match practice.

17.   South Africa received solid match practice for its internationals against Australia with a draw against Western Australia in their cricket tour match which ended Sunday.

18.   The tournament presented his only opportunity to gain match practice before the Australian Open begins at Melbourne Park next Monday.

19.   The tourists beat Northamptonshire but suffered defeat against Worcestershire, and Australian coach Geoff Marsh would have liked some more match practice for his players.

20.   They forfeited their matches, handing four points to Sri Lanka, which nevertheless lost match practice.