CAMELOT FANTASIES

So Rafa lost to Lopez (understood) and our Andy lost to Ferrer of all people. Not that I underestimate Ferrer by any means and he's one of the most consistent players out there but he's in a slump and Andy was building his confidence or so Murray fans love to think, but then how do you explain this loss? Something just isn't right. I mean you can throw all the excuses in front of me, I will still have lots of problems with this loss. Latest one I read was that Ferrer played 3 matches whereas Andy played 10 and so Andy was tired. How do you then explain Ferrer's straight sets loss to Nole the very next day who's just coming off winning Beijing? Should he not be equally tired then? Just stop making these excuses to make Andy look better and start taking the facts seriously. They are there just in front of you as much as you try to overlook them.

And why on earth is Andy trying to qualify for the WTF? If anything, he's going to get booed there by the English fans just like 2012 against Federer. Please don't convince yourself thinking Swiss fans came all the way from Switzerland just to boo Andy against Federer. They are not that indecent unlike the English fans.

Does this mean Andy shouldn't qualify for WTF so that he can avoid booing from English fans? No. The problem is, they are already fuming over Andy's tweet and I am sure a lot of them haven't really 'forgiven' him and are just waiting for the right moment. And given Andy's form right now, it seems like another humiliation is in the brewing especially once Andy starts losing to any one of them as soon as WTF rolls on. Andy would be extremely wise not to qualify. He's not going to win it anyway. Can he guarantee that? Can he even guarantee a good showing? No and no.

He has next year to turn things around and by that time things will cool off as well. I am fine with him playing Vienna and Valencia but the goal should not be to qualify for the WTF. I've given my warning but if Andy and his fans still want it, they should also get ready for the humiliation. Some of the nasty attacks will be coming from their own fellow posters - those are also English fans keep in mind.