The tricky art of freshening up but staying match sharp.
, Kurt-Lee Arendse and some others are in nice form and I think it would have been best to keep them involved and for them to build on the momentum they’ve got going.How many guys will now go into the quarter-final a bit rusty maybe, with just some training days behind them? That’s my concern.
But like I said, it’s always tricky. The good thing is they will at least be fresh and hopefully over any niggles by the time the quarter-finals happen.
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