CAMELOT FANTASIES

Quote from: Clay Death on March 14, 2017, 08:03:03 am

general I saw some of the highlights of the Rafa match:

1. he does not have enough sting/bite to his shots

2. he doesn't have enough spin. the spin of old days. he blames it on the dry heat.

3. he doesn't have sufficient fitness. that is one reason he is choosing to stay on the hard courts. he doesn't have the fitness to grind it out on clay.

4. he still cant volley. he is terrified at the net for a brave warrior. I saw one volley and that says it all. he again guided and pushed it when he could have clobbered it out of existence.

so naturally he got a reply which he could not handle.

5. return is weak

6. his most significant weapon--his topspin forehand--lacks the spin, power, and the accuracy.

7. confidence level needed to win titles is not there. I can tell easily that he really doesn't believe. and he is not dumb. he knows he cant win because he has been farting around for 4 years while the world has been busy with continuous improvement.



I cant see him winning any titles anywhere.

Great post general, but a little sad for me. 

I still see only one solution. 

He has to overcome his infatuation with hard courts and get some courage and get back on the clay.
Who said it?  "It is clay or the exit. "

As I said in the other thread, he needs to skip Miami, practice and work hard on the clay for a month and maybe get in a small tournament before Monte Carlo.
Nothing comes easy after 30, he has to work twice as hard.  I don't buy the "missing a great serve" excuse.  He has rarely had a great serve.  His second serve return was maybe the worst I've seen it.  His first serve return just sits up begging to be spanked.

He is fit and healthy enough to get out there and get his game back on the clay, he just has to want it badly enough.
From match to match, you can still see the brilliance at times.  But it is not consistent anymore. He misses basic shots he would never miss in his prime.
If he doesn't want it enough to work for it, he might as well go to his Academy with his Uncle and teach the kids.

Respectfully,
masterclass

he always has a few excuses handy.

he is almost always out of position. what the hell does that tell you?


he is not fit enough and he is not really hungry enough.



better get our roger Federer thread moving again at MTF.


it looks like he can take this masters title.


and I have him as the favorite for Wimbledon.


it was pat cash and a few others who said: it is clay or the exit.


but you will recall that we always call it 3-4 years in advance of the experts.


we saw his game and fitness slipping 4-5 years ago. he made that bloody decision himself to let everything go.


he is highly resistant to change.


I would not surprised at all if he gets injured in Miami.


why the blood hell go there when you know that you are going to laughed off the courts on clay too.

why not go straight to clay and start working on your ground game.


and give yourself a small chance to make a deep run at RG.