Josh Goodall has launched a stinging attack on the Lawn Tennis Association for suspending his coach, then deciding to tell the Hampshire player about it just minutes before the start of his biggest game of the year.

The 21-year old lost in the first round of the singles at Wimbledon to Feliciano Lopez of Spain in a tie that began late on Monday night and was completed on Tuesday afternoon.

During the two sets that were played on Monday Goodall had appeared visibly distracted, his concentration clearly on something other than the match.

Exactly why he had been sidetracked became apparent after the 6-1 6-4 6-4 defeat when Goodall, who has worked with coach Peter Lundgren since the start of 2007, decided to vent his anger on the LTA, who have suspended the coach for allegedly slurring his words at a coaching conference recently.

'There's something people need to know about Monday night, because those spectators that were there might have thought I wasn't interested in the match, that I was down and depressed," Goodall seethed.

"That was because five minutes before my match I couldn't find my coach. I was looking everywhere for him. Then the head of mens' tennis at the LTA (Peter Hutchins) comes up to me and says Peter has been put on leave of absence for a month.

"This is my coach that I've been working with for the whole year, the man who has been working really hard to prepare me for this tournament, and I get this news five minutes before my match.

"I don't know how other players would have reacted, but I reacted quite badly to that. I was upset. I'm close to my coach.

"Obviously this is the biggest tournament for me and I wanted my coach there to talk tactics before the match. He's the kind of guy who fires you up.

"It's possibly the worst kind of news I could have had before going onto the court. That's why I had such a terrible start, because I wasn't even thinking about the match.

"I'm angry about the timing of it. I don't know what they have on Peter, what they think he's done wrong.

"I don't care if he's an axe murderer - you don't tell me five minutes before a match. At least let him watch the match and then do it afterwards. It's just ridiculous".

Lundgren, who also works with another Hampshire based player in Alex Bogdanovic, is perhaps most famous for having been Roger Federer's coach until 2003.

He became part of the LTA's set-up in 2006, becoming British Davis Cup coach as well as working with Goodall and Bogdanovic.

Lundgren was reported to slur his words while speaking in front of fellow coaches at the LTA's headquarters in Roehampton last weekend.

Head of men's tennis, Paul Hutchins, refused to confirm or deny exactly what happened, but revealed Lundgren was taking a leave of absence for around a month for "personal reasons."

The LTA's statement read: "Peter Lundgren is on leave of absence for personal reasons and we look forward to him returning ahead of the Davis Cup tie in September."

Speaking to the media, Hutchins would only concede "certain things happened at the coaching conference".

Asked if Lundgren was in a position to do his job properly at the conference, he added: "That's a discussion that's going to go on".

Hutchins admitted the timing was unfortunate, but claimed he was sick of players blaming the LTA for everything.

"From that point of view I do feel sorry for Josh, however, it was Josh who didn't go to see Peter at all during Queen's Club when Peter wanted him to practice and train," he added.

"It's not only Josh, but we can't start blaming other things for defeats.

"There is this blame culture going around British tennis, certain people who just love to blame the LTA.

"I'm getting pretty tired of it. People expect the LTA to be their lifeblood, to pay for too many things".

Bogdanovic, meanwhile, has made encouraging progress since linking up with Lundgren in February, notably reaching the third round at Queen's and taking eventual champion Andy Roddick to three sets.

But the Hampshire-based left-hander crashed out of the first round last night, well beaten by Australian Chris Guccione 7-6 6-4 6-4.

Bogdanovic admitted Lundgren's absence had not been ideal, but was confident Lundgren would return to the game soon.

"It was difficult because obviously we worked really hard throughout the whole year, and to come down to a Grand Slam it's a shame that he wasn't just there to watch me", he said.

"But I think he'll be okay and we're going to go back to work after this tournament. We spoke yesterday and he's sorting things out.

"Maybe he'll take a few weeks off, I'm not quite sure yet. But definitely he'll be back and I'm sure everything will be okay.

"It was difficult, but I tried to focus as much as possible. I had a job to do and I didn't lose because of that".