CAMELOT FANTASIES

Title #91.  Congrats to Federer and his fans.  Condolences to Rafa and his fans.

The heat and humidity made the match a little less interesting than it should have been.

But if you noticed, Rafa seemed more affected by it.  His face was quite red, he had the ice towels around his neck and a big fan blowing on him.

Roger was just drinking a lot of water and breathing a little harder than usual.   

So Rafa still has fitness work to do, if he is interested in doing it.

Aside from that, Rafa was still returning from downtown Miami and it just seems to send that message - I'm terrified, and naturally, many returns, especially in the second set landed too short.  Positioning has to improve.  He had his chances in the 1st set, but couldn't break Roger.

Forget the hard courts Rafa.  Get it going on the clay.

Roger says he is taking time off now until Roland Garros.   I think it may be a little too much.  One other clay tournament would be ideal.  But who am I to question him. He came straight to AO after 6 months off and won it.  It seems obvious to me that Federer is resting up for the grass season, and the summer hard courts in the USA.

Let's see what Rafa can do on the clay.  Let's see if and when Murray and Djokovic return.

Respectfully,
masterclass