By Alex Perry BBC Sport at Wimbledon

Britain's women tennis players have been breaking records at Wimbledon this week, but it is not something they will be shouting about.

Despite Wimbledon's best efforts in handing out five wildcards, for the first time in 119 years there is no British presence in the second round of the ladies singles.

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Contrast this with Russia, who had 13 in the main draw, nine of whom made it through to round two.

Much is made of the fact that the LTA is awash with money from the profits of Wimbledon, but money does not necessarily buy you results.

That is certainly the view of Olga Morozova, former Wimbledon finalist and now a futures coach with the LTA.

"If you look at how much the Russian federation is spending on children, you'll see it is zero," says Morozova.

"Russia is a huge country and sport is very big. We always had a good system that was producing players, and for a long time the country was working only for results.

"Now lots of people are sending their children to play tennis.

"Parents are more dedicated to sport and they feel that it is a way out to success, and that's why they are not afraid to take sport as a profession.

"In this country education is more important."

We're doing much better things in British tennis than in Russian tennis at the younger ages Olga Morozova LTA futures coach

Morozova believes that it is the exertions of parents, just as much as their children, that produces results.

That is not to say we need to find the nation's equivalent of the domineering Damir Dokic or Jim Pierce, both of whom had a habit of embarrassing their daughters with their behaviour on the tour.

But perhaps one-eyed determination is what is needed to produce results.

Maybe whether you win or lose is more important than how you play the game.

Wimbledon has done away with the tradition of bowing to the Royal Box and has allowed players to wear sleeveless shirts at this year's Championships.

But is this a sign that attitudes are changing throughout tennis?

Why the lack of British talent?

"The LTA is trying to do the best - we're doing much better things in British tennis than in Russian tennis at the younger ages," says Morozova.

"But later on I think we're a bit afraid - we have to have a little more continuity, which is happening now, and I hope it will be in the future."

Morozova says there are a number of British girls between the ages of 12 and 15 who are showing potential, but it will take at least four years for them to make the step up.

Thirteen-year-old Jade Curtis is one who has been tipped to make the grade in the future and Morozova says that Curtis' parents have the right sort of commitment to their child's tennis future.

Let's just hope it is Jade who is making the headlines in a few years and not her Mum and Dad.