We never gave up, kept pushing and it did not work out in the end for Fernando.

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"I felt pretty good actually -- it would have been nicer to have more space between the matches, but it did not work out, " the 32-year-old American said.

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It did not work out that way.

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It makes sense, but it really did not work out so easily for Kozlowski.

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But as property prices started to plummet, the developer did not have the money to carry out the work so the council had to pay for it.

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