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Nice images.  I think the hard courts are there to stay General.

In other News,  Uncle Toni just admitted that he and Rafa should have shut down his season after the US Open and were wrong to continue.
He said that Rafa has been losing unnecessarily because he was not fit and in too much pain to hit his forehand properly after sacrificing everything at the Olympics to win the doubles gold.

Interesting that we called it here and at DiscussTennis first, long before Uncle Toni just came out and admitted that they were wrong to continue playing.

Maybe they should hire us General.   

We can give Rafa and Uncle Toni another heads up if he wants to win at RG next year. 
Rehabilitate the wrist if it is still giving him a problem, get his body fit, and then train hard on the clay and stay there as much as possible!

Respectfully,
masterclass

General, I posted the following on Discuss Tennis in The Fall Of Rafael Nadal thread, quoting your post of Aug 14th (2 weeks before the US Open). 
Of course I expect to be attacked for telling the truth.

I am a harsh task master.


I am rafa's greatest fan on this planet.

that is why I am also his greatest critic. that is because I care the most.

inspired effort and inspired/passionate heart at the Olympics does not equal any real progress for rafa.

still means zero titles on the hard courts since 2013.

it may show some intent to compete and win again. lets see how it goes in Cinci and at flushing meadows.

at this point I just want to see him shut it down after the u.s. open and go fix the fitness and physicality issues.

he cannot afford anymore injuries. way too much inactivity already in the last 3 years.

inactivity is his greatest enemy. he is basically just beating himself but continuing to show up unfit and unprepared.

"General ClayDeath called it correctly and before hand (see bold above).  No blind adoration, no spin, he said that Rafa should shut it down after the US Open, and he is not the only one who has said it.

Now after the fact Uncle Toni admits Rafa playing after the US Open was wrong. He lost unnecessarily and played with a wrist that couldn't hit the forehand properly because of the pain, and now they need to stop, recover, and train for next year.  Too bad he wasted that time.

This is not rocket science. If Rafa wants a chance at anything big in 2017, Rafa needs to rehabilitate the wrist if it is still bothering him, get his body as fit as he can, so he can avoid unnecessary injury, and then go and get on the clay and train hard.

He still has a small window of opportunity to rise again, as he has so many times, but everything has to be done right and he has to have some luck.  Time is not on his side.  The younger players want to prove themselves, other players like Murray are working hard to get to the top. Djokovic appears to be having a bit of a mini-crisis and Murray is poised to take advantage.   Things don't stand still in this sport.

Respectfully,
masterclass"

General, I posted the following on Discuss Tennis in The Fall Of Rafael Nadal thread, quoting your post of Aug 14th (2 weeks before the US Open). 
Of course I expect to be attacked for telling the truth.

Quote from: ClayDeath, post: 29594, member: 46

I am a harsh task master.


I am rafa's greatest fan on this planet.

that is why I am also his greatest critic. that is because I care the most.

inspired effort and inspired/passionate heart at the Olympics does not equal any real progress for rafa.

still means zero titles on the hard courts since 2013.

it may show some intent to compete and win again. lets see how it goes in Cinci and at flushing meadows.

at this point I just want to see him shut it down after the u.s. open and go fix the fitness and physicality issues.

he cannot afford anymore injuries. way too much inactivity already in the last 3 years.

inactivity is his greatest enemy. he is basically just beating himself but continuing to show up unfit and unprepared.

"General ClayDeath called it correctly and before hand (see bold above).  No blind adoration, no spin, he said that Rafa should shut it down after the US Open, and he is not the only one who has said it.

Now after the fact Uncle Toni admits Rafa playing after the US Open was wrong. He lost unnecessarily and played with a wrist that couldn't hit the forehand properly because of the pain, and now they need to stop, recover, and train for next year.  Too bad he wasted that time.

This is not rocket science. If Rafa wants a chance at anything big in 2017, Rafa needs to rehabilitate the wrist if it is still bothering him, get his body as fit as he can, so he can avoid unnecessary injury, and then go and get on the clay and train hard.

He still has a small window of opportunity to rise again, as he has so many times, but everything has to be done right and he has to have some luck.  Time is not on his side.  The younger players want to prove themselves, other players like Murray are working hard to get to the top. Djokovic appears to be having a bit of a mini-crisis and Murray is poised to take advantage.   Things don't stand still in this sport.

Respectfully,
masterclass"

general you and I know Rafa too well.


we know he cant win without supreme fitness and supreme physicality.


he cant even really fight out there effectively without those 2 things.

he is worse on clay now than when he started as a teenager. there is just no end to this free fall and it is all by design.

Cilic snatches the Basel title.

His star is on the rise. He could do well in 2017.

More lip service from the clay warrior.

Now he says he will die for slams.

This gets more amusing with each passing week.

Great post general.


I believe there is only one more scalp to take and it's done.


He has to win the Australian Open and defeat Djokovic in the final.

Andy's resurgence will be complete.

Nice pics General. The Dunblane Highlander looks very comfortable.

Soon I'll be writing about "The Fall of Djokovic",

or maybe it should be "The Collapse of Djokovic"



Novak was over 8,000 points ahead after Roland Garros. How the mighty one has fallen since June.  When he started talking about not caring about #1 or slams the alarm bells went off.  We've heard that before, no?  Now Nole is relying on a guru instead of Vajda and Becker - love and peace is his motto.



With Andy's tight win just now over Big John Isner who played well, Andy will be ahead by 405 points on Monday.

He has a great chance for Year End #1 now, because even with the Davis Cup point drop of 275 points on Nov 28, Murray is plus 130.

Which ever one outdoes the other gets the YE#1.

Amazing from Andy Murray.

Respectfully,
masterclass

Ok General, glad you have good beach weather.

Djokovic looks like he is in free fall.

Everything points to Murray now. 

World #1 just upped his value.  He is set to make some big money.  Look at this article:

Andy Murray can net sponsor boost after reaching top of tennis

Respectfully,
masterclass