CAMELOT FANTASIES

General Hercules is spot on, Lady TT.   Rafa can still right the ship, but he's running out of time.

He scraped by today against Ramos of all people.  7-6(2), 6-4, the same player whom he demolished 6-3, 6-0, last year, in the very same tournament.  This shows how far he is from his game right now.  Nadal broken twice on his serve in the first set, including serving for the set, and hitting balls very short. I hate to say it about a guy who usually fights so hard, but at times he looked almost scared out there.   He has a lot to work on.

But he's not the only one, and he survived.  Look at the top seeds who were eliminated today.

[2] Ferrer was slapped off the court today. Gabashvili def. Ferrer 6-4 6-2.
[3] Fab Fog was blown off the court by Giraldo, 6-0, 4-0  ret. Not sure what the injury was that stopped him from roaring back into the match.
[8]Dolgopolov faded away after a tight first set and tiebreaker to Montanes, who won, 7-6(5), 6-3.
Melzer defeated [7]Janowicz, 6-4, 7-6(1)
Dodig defeated [13] Feli Lopez 6-1, 6-4

So Rafa doesn't have to worry about 4 of the top 8 seeds, including the 2 and 3.

If Rafa can get by Dodig, then he'll face either Verdasco or Almagro.

Golubev vs Nishikori should be interesting.

Respectfully,
masterclass