evening emma.
roger`s only chance against nole is to strike quickly and try to take the match in 2.
by the time 3rd set starts, it is usually too late. nole has his teeth into the match by then and he has his rhythm.
nole is just too tough. all you can do at this point is to congratulate him and move on to the next match.
maybe better luck for roger in his next match.
nole is just a runaway freight train on the hard courts right now.
But that's a bit of an impossible deal for Federer these days since he can't play consistent tennis for two sets especially if they are long and tight. He can play one full set well. Maybe he needs some sort of strategy on that. Not necessarily a top player is going to play bad for two sets - be it Nadal or Nole or Murray or even DP. So I think it requires different game strategies.
roger said he was looking for a much stronger season in 2014.
about all he can do at this point is work even harder to get to where he wants to go.
I do see murray coming back stronger than ever. he is already working hard to make that happen. he was not able to play all these months . there is considerable pent up frustration.
and he will be motivated to move up the ladder a little bit too.
bottom line: they are all going to try to come back stronger. roger just has to keep working hard if he wants it bad enough.
he needs more consistency and he needs better fitness.