CAMELOT FANTASIES

Quote from: Emma on March 11, 2014, 11:39:31 am

Andy is only favourite on paper because of his past history - 2 times slams champion etc. but his current form is another matter as he's quite vulnerable to lose to basically anybody.

Anyway, just finished watching a bit of Nadal/Dolgo match. From what I saw, Nadal didn't play very smart tennis against a very unpredictable Dolgo. He gave him a lot of short balls for a start and Doglo was all over those balls. And also, he let Dolgo play well inside the baseline a lot and that pretty much kept Nadal constantly on the run. He was taken out of his comfort zone a lot and for that reason, he wasn't allowed to do what he usually does - dictate the points with this forehand and put as much topspin as possible.

Rafa is just out of it at the moment. I saw a few of his pics on twitter. he looked distraught and dejected even before one of his practice sessions.

I hope he manages to get off the hard courts ASAP and go strengthen that back. he also has to get on clay asap.

that is the deal with a heavy topspin game. it requires constant work. you cant afford to miss a single day of practice.

nadal proved to the world that he can win on the hard courts last year but now its time to back off or else this back issue is going to end his career.

suddenly this clay season has become the single most important clay season for Rafa.

especially since he is in the hunt for the slam record. he is too close to it.

he will most likely tie and surpass Federer if he can bag RG that is coming up soon enough. that will make it 14 slams for him.

so 3 in the next 2-3 years are very do-able if he can keep himself healthy.

just move to south florida and bring your friends along.


and say goodbye to that bitter cold weather forever and ever.




 

Quote from: thetruth on March 10, 2014, 06:01:18 pm

Quote from: Emma on March 10, 2014, 01:16:34 pm

Hi Guys, I am back. Got back actually yesterday late afternoon but I was feeling sick so wanted to rest up a lot. Called in sick today too since I don't feel I've recovered completely.

Good to be back and about to watch Andy's match.

Hope you guys are doing well. Anikh, sorry to hear about your flu. Hope you are feeling much better by now.

For sure, losses are a part of life, you can't know the depth of victory unless you have also tasted defeat. Nadal will be fine. One day. One match. It wasn't too bad and I do like Dolgopolov. Plus, unlike many in tennis land I don't necessarily enjoy watching Nadal and Murray, because I'm too sad for whoever loses.

Hey Emma, welcome back. Did you have fun? Glad to hear you took a day off since you weren't feeling well. I used to build that extra day in at vacation time because I would be so wiped out when I got back.

Hola TT! Yes, had a lot of fun to the point it kind of sucked after we got back home. Anyway, it was a short trip so it didn't suck totally. haha.

The extra day really helped especially given that we were always on the go and towards the end, I kind of ran out of breath because of the cold issues I am having lately.

Hope you guys coping well with Nadal's loss. We haven't' seen a good win by Andy for a long time now so if he wins just one more match, we are utterly grateful. lolol