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nole had a slow start and GGL was playing well in the first set.

once nole got in the groove off the ground, the match was essentially over.


no telling who is going to take the title but more than likely it will be either nole or roger.


I like ferru but I don't have any confidence in him in a final against nole or roger.

you just knew he was going to gun down nadal in straights today. nadal keeps showing up unprepared.

sooner or later it was going to cost him even on clay and it did.


so I am basically predicting a 2-3 set win for ferru tomorrow and then he will get destroyed in the final.

But I did not see any prediction from you on that, herc. Anyway, I had a feeling Ferrer might have some say to that this time but that's mainly because (and not because he's unprepared), Nadal is looking slightly vulnerable these days. As I mentioned yesterday, anything is subject to change and will change whether we like it or not.

The sole reason why Nole lost the USO to Nadal is because Nole did not look confident at all throughout the match and even against Murray at Wimbledon, not only he was somewhat tired after a long battle against Del Potro, but also he lacked confidence there too. That was also the reason why he lost RG. So it happens. What Nole is doing right now, he's trying to get that confidence back and while he looks okay these days, I don't think he's got it all back. We'll know once he goes and wins a Slam this year. That's where he's mainly failing and therefore, still lacking the confidence.

These players are pretty good on their own and lack only a few things here and there, so it is more of a mental battle between them than it is anything else. This is also the reason why Andy losing a lot of matches these days and not because he's not good enough or unprepared.

Anyway, you are right about Nole re: yesterday's match. He did have a slow start and I think it was because he was caught a bit off guard by Nadal's loss to Ferrer in the same morning. Might have made him slightly nervous for whatever reason.