CAMELOT FANTASIES

I am out on the road. Currently at a casino on river.

About have some late lunch with mom dad.

Also watching Andy on one of casino screens.

I can't bear to watch this. Andy is just out of it.

Andy is very stupid and that goes without saying. I said it before the tournament that I'd rather Andy didn't qualify. This I saw coming back then. At this point, I am not sure what was more stupid - the fact that he qualified to play this tournament or the fact that, he let Nishi beat him in his RR match which could have had a different outcome today had he won that match. Because Federer went into this match knowing FULLY well that he has qualified. In other words, he had no pressure - win or loss - so he played supremely freely. On the other hand, Andy had to win in STRAIGHT sets in order to qualify. This is not Wimbledon. It's WTF final where most English Federer fans turn up even against Andy and that has always put Andy in a very delicate position in the past. And this tweet of his re: Scotland referendum has put him, this year in particular, in even more delicate position. And Federer knows this too (see his subtle tweet to Andy before the tournament). You could sense that he was just waiting for this match.

If WTF was held somewhere else, Andy would have had much easier time against Federer and I am sure he would have beaten Nishikori in his first RR as well. Andy did much better against Federer at the AO this year if you remember, where he was just coming off his surgery. That was, in fact, his 2nd tournament since the surgery.

Also, in this tournament in particular, Andy needed to be mentally very strong for all the reasons stated above. This is where he needed the mental coaching the most. And he fell short in every category. You can clearly see Amelie has no clue about Andy's mental state nor does she have the power to make Andy mentally stronger. Amelie might be a very good coach for the women but as far as men's tennis is concerned, it's a very different animal altogether. Otherwise, can anyone here see Andy losing like this against Federer whom he beat 11 times in the past and was at 50% in their H2H just prior to this match?

Thank God I didn't watch this match. I taped it but deleted it as soon as I got home. Whatever confidence Andy has built up so far, he has flushed it down the toilet today. The only positive side is that - thank God 2014 is over and he's won 200 points out of this tournament. He now has time to think about things so that he can be properly prepared for 2015. He desperately needs a better coach and also, he needs to take a deep look at all the mistakes he's made throughout the year including that tweet of his and hiring Amelie.