CAMELOT FANTASIES

Last night's match was so frustrating. Andy was supposed to serve out for the match at 5-4 but got broken instead. And then even worse, he went on to lose the TB. I was up almost all night because of this drama.

Anyway, while it took him 4 sets to put away Robert, he did not spend more time than Nadal, who btw had a bit of a tough time against Nishi. In the end, Andy played 36 games as opposed to Nadal's 38 and Federer's 31 games. I take it though Federer/Tsogna was a crappy match. So I don't think Andy spent too much time out there but he could have afforded less, when he had the opportunity especially given his opponent.               

andy should have been able to get rid of him in straights. he had him on the ropes.



i saw the nadal match. nadal says his blisters do not hurt but one of them is a blood blister so it has to hurt. i saw him grimace once or twice.

nishi is a talented athlete. he was hitting the ball quite well. but this was hardly one of nadal's better matches. he seemed slow and sluggish.

he produced a lot of errors and could not find much range off the ground. he also pushed way too many balls back which allowed nishikori to go after them.

all the players are saying that courts are playing faster than last year so that is a factor for nadal.