CAMELOT FANTASIES

maybe Fog is carrying an injury.


what about Nole folks? he is tearing them all to shreds.


will Roger be able to slow him down?

and now Tsonga geta Federer.


should be a good battle.

here is the order of play for tomorrow:


http://www.atpworldtour.com/Scores/schedule.aspx?EventId=410

And just like that Rafa is out of Monte Carlo. Well, he's had it coming for a long time against Ferrer, especially in the best 2 out of 3 format and he finally lost. 44 unforced errors in 2 sets - I don't remember Rafa ever erring that much. In addition, Ferrer played pretty solid which made it pretty tough.

Rafa needs to hit the practice courts ASAP, things are not improving.

Possibly. I just hate when he goes out that way. He's so much fun to watch.

Nole is on fire. Will Roger be able to stop him? I don't know. I wasn't really watching his match so I don't know what happened. I saw that Rosol was up a break and then he was down a set. Looked like he phoned it in that third set, so...

It's hard to say. I'd say it's 50-50. Federer likes playing Nole.

Hi TT, there was no 3rd set in that match. Federer took Rosol out in straight...unless you meant the 2nd set then yes, he might have done so since he couldn't win more than 1 game. 

And just like that Rafa is out of Monte Carlo. Well, he's had it coming for a long time against Ferrer, especially in the best 2 out of 3 format and he finally lost. 44 unforced errors in 2 sets - I don't remember Rafa ever erring that much. In addition, Ferrer played pretty solid which made it pretty tough.

Rafa needs to hit the practice courts ASAP, things are not improving.

he has been **** around mate.


how often does he lose to a 33 year old midget with no weapons at monte carlo? here is the answer: in the last 10 never but today because he does not work hard enough. you can just see how much fitness and how much muscle tone is gone.

general backspin also spelled that out recently. he looked slow and unfit in Miami. well he looked even worse in indian well.

and this is the same rafa that dominated the tour last year.


its clear that his fitness and his game has taken a hit. his lazy 2 hour training sessions where he just tries to hit mostly forehands was going to catch up sooner or later.

nole would demolished him in the final at this rate.

way too many diversions. what was the need for that stupid poker tournament. he should have gone out worked hard on his ground game for 4 hours instead.

he did the same damn thing in indian wells.

Yesterday, I thought Stan would want to avoid meeting with Nadal if he's not ready though one must admit that, there's no shame in losing to Nadal on clay, but now I am thinking if Nadal lost deliberately today to avoid meeting with Stan in the next match. I mean the way Stan dismissed Cilic in the round before may have raised a few eye brows and he dismissed Raonic this morning too in straight as well, so clearly Stan seems to be ready given that that was the first match. And losing to Stan again this time on clay and there's always the chance of that, would really damage Nadal's confidence to no end.

Quote from: Emma on April 18, 2014, 08:35:38 am

I didn't see the match. Do you think  he tanked the match to avoid meeting with Nole or was Ferrer that good today? I can see Ferrer being that good only if Nadal is lacking confidence. But then again, that's not giving due credit to Ferrer. Although judging by the unusual amount of errors, it seems he didn't have enough confidence going into the match but Ferrer could have caused it too. I didn't see the mach so not sure what really happened.

I started watching at the beginning of the second set and Rafa was spraying errors left and right. He looked quite disinterested, no fire, no fist pumps. Ferrer was solid and aggressive, but Rafa was beyond awful. I don't know what the reason for that was, hopefully nothing physical. But his form has been crap lately and I am starting to wonder if he will be able to find it until Roland Garros.

To be honest, I personally feel it's a good result for Nadal especially if he's not playing well and lacking confidence. Because at the end of the day, Nadal should look at what's on stake and it's RG. So losing to either Stan or Nole is not ideal at this stage before RG and MC isn't that important. Ferrer is an opponent he can always afford to lose and that won't damage his confidence.

And just like that Rafa is out of Monte Carlo. Well, he's had it coming for a long time against Ferrer, especially in the best 2 out of 3 format and he finally lost. 44 unforced errors in 2 sets - I don't remember Rafa ever erring that much. In addition, Ferrer played pretty solid which made it pretty tough.

Rafa needs to hit the practice courts ASAP, things are not improving.

Nope. He's been playing uninspired all year. He needs to rest, recover, and rejuvenate. I never got the sense he was into this tournament at all. Any decent player was going to take him out with the way he was playing.

Oh well, that's life.