the title is rafa's......the last time he played he should have won it but had a mental hurdle......this time it's going to 4 sets at max in the final even if it is nole on the other side.......hardcourter nadal is pretty much unbeatable at best of 5 on hardcourts.......so he's my favourite for the title.......
welcome back general shanks.
he has some extra motivation. I think that loss at the O2 arena is going to be the kicker. he will be thinking about it as he starts his preparations soon.
he was playing at 60% capacity in AO 2012, the backhand was still not there.......he will play close to 80% next year like at the us open recently.......i am giving zero chance to djokovic and others.......rafa 3.0 is basically unbeatable at best of 5 on hardcourts.......
No player out there plays 100% of his or her capacity - not just Nadal.
both your favourites do.......djokovic is always the same, his backhand down the line works all the time and the defense is never down......not much variation in level of form.......same thing could be said about murray's game.......
nadal and federer have a lot of variations, both for different reasons........nadal often lands his backhands in the service box and his forehand down the line does not work all the time.......federer's game is just about perfect whenever he faces somebody who is totally capable of beating but his form dips the moment somebody challenges him.......nadal's form rises when he is challenged, like in the roland garros semis 2013.......