folks Rafa is just a shadow and a shell of what he used to be.
Fognini pushed him around and dictated play.
Rafa has little fitness and considerably diminished power off the ground.
his return is worse than it has ever been and he is scared to engage his backhand.
he has to get off the hard courts. I cant understand why he is not seeing the light.
he lost majority of the rallies to even fognini off the ground.
how far has he fallen? try this:
he won just 10% of the rallies against berdych in Melbourne.
and this is the greatest baseliner ever lived.
general masterclass and I have been telling you this for years now.
we knew this was going to happen.
he has to skip Miami and go get on clay.
argentina is no help either. he is not winning it and he is getting on hard courts after that.
hard courts have ruined his game. clay is the wellspring from which he flows.
if he cant win on clay, he cant win anywhere. not going forward.
clay has to rescue him but he has to get on clay and stay on it.
he also has no fitness for top flight tennis.