nole has some work to do emma. first lets see how well he does on clay this year. he has monte carlo to defend.
his loss at the Australian Open was a huge setback for him. he has to try to overcome that. he was the very heavy favorite for the title with the way he finished up 2013. he had won 27-28 matches in a row.
so he has to do well on the hard court events coming up and then he has to try to gather some momentum on clay.
he can only meet nadal in the final at RG. nadal has never lost a RG final so that is not going to be easy for anybody.
I am pretty sure that nadal will get going on the red clay sooner or later. he will eventually hit his stride on clay.
right now I cant see anybody beating nadal in the final at RG.
Nole has come dangerously close last time though it was not the final I admit but he's come so close that I don't think a final would make a big difference. But of course I will only believe if I see it happening. Nadal is of course not going to win it forever. But at least RG has become somewhat interesting. It used to be very boring with one man dominating the tournament year after year. It's not interesting at all when the outcome becomes so predictable. I do feel all the Slams have become somewhat unpredictable with Murray winning a couple of them and recently Wawrinka. I am all for it.