CAMELOT FANTASIES

well I know he is hurting. I saw the pictures of that blood blister.


I know he is playing in pain and it is hard to hit his forehand the way he wants to.


what I am not happy with is something that goes way the hell back: he should have hired somebody 15 year ago to teach him to volley properly and to hit  great sliced backhand.


but Rafa is Rafa. he has to do it his way and who the hell can argue with his success. he beats them all anyway.

he has a winning record against 100% of the top 30 players.


I hear that they used to say a lot about borg too. they said he had highly unorthodox strokes to be able to win Wimbledon. so he went on to win 5 of them.

all borg did was win.


now Rafa is starting to hit swinging volleys at the net. he is just not comfortable at the net.


all this could have been different. the game would have been a little easier for him if he and his uncle had hired some temporary outside help 15 years ago.


look at nole. now he is exceptional at the net. he hired mark woodforde a few years back to teach him how to volley properly at the net. he hired Muster's fitness coach to take his fitness higher.

now he has hired becker to teach him a few more things.

Hewitt hired somebody on temporary basis to teach him to hit a great sliced backhand.



I think you hire this temporary help to make sure you keep improving in areas where you need work.

nobody has to ever replace tony and he does not need to be replaced.