excellent post general masterclass.
nadal does not have much time left to salvage the clay season. it is do-able but he has to drop all the extracurricular activities asap.
all the top players are working as hard as they can on their games and their fitness.
nadal is not doing that anymore. his idea of a training session is 90 minutes to a 2 hour hitting session where he may play a set.
that is something a college level player would do. he is not going to get it done that way.
even 33-36 year old players are working harder than nadal. I know his fitness and his game. I have been watching him for 10 years now.
he has allowed his fitness and his game take a hit after the last u.s. open. you saw that it actually cost him a slam in Melbourne.
his body quit on him there.
unless he fixes his fitness and his ground game on the practice courts he is pretty much asking to struggle.
2013 was all set for him to use as a springboard for more success in 2014. and sure enough he blew his lead and blew his advantage.
now he is behind the curve.
he even admitted in abu dhabi that others had been working harder than him. and there you have it.
he alone is responsible for what has happened to him in 2014 so far. he keeps chasing after money so that is also costing him.