CAMELOT FANTASIES

Didn't see Andy's match this morning. Wasn't going to sacrifice my precious Saturday morning sleep over a 250 event but more importantly, I had no doubt Andy was going to put Troicki aside with ease. My wise decision had made me stay in bed until 10am, you see.

But I don't think Andy played all that well judging by the stats. He had 2 aces at the cost of 4 double faults. Andy tends to serve well against big servers but against moderate servers, it's another story as he probably fancies breaking their serves more often - a luxury he can't afford against the big servers. This brings this astute observation of mine - Andy is highly focused and his level of play is higher when he plays against big servers - something I feel Mauresmo (i.e. if she's still around haha) should take note of and change that atrocious  attitude of his. Bottom line, Andy should be highly focused regardless no matter who he faces. Just look at Nole, Nadal and Federer and how they treat their opponents. It doesn't matter who they are up against, they take each and every opponent very seriously from the get-go. They don't lose a set and half before realizing 'oh okay, maybe I should take him seriously now' etc. 

Having said that, he did have a decent serving day (60%) today despite 2 Aces and 4 DFs. However, he will have to serve better tomorrow if he wants to avoid a WTA marathon.