CAMELOT FANTASIES

general Tee was right:


it is going to be tough for him to win anything significant at this rate.


now he is very short on match play on clay.  and of course he is very seriously and dangerously short on practice on clay. he found that out first hand today against almagro. he slaved away for nearly 3 hours against him and still could not put him away.

he had him on the ropes and still he could not finish him. he took the first set so he had him on the ropes instantly.


he had almagro down 1-3 in the decider. and almagro is not exactly a mental giant. he is mental midget of the highest order.

so what does nadal do: first he loses the tiebreaker to him. and then he proceeds to lose to him in the 3rd set after leading 3-1.



I saw something on twitter today. some people who were at the match said that he looked like he did not care all that much.



nadal lost his serve 3 times in a row to pretty much gift almagro the set. so nadal beat himself.

how does nadal lose his serve to almagro 3 times in a row on clay. you spin your serve in deep and then you simply outduel him from the baseline.


the fact of the matter is that nadal's ground game is in shambles. today he could not even outduel almagro from the baseline.

he needs the red clay more now than ever before. clay is the wellspring from which he flows.

surely he can remember that he has 43 titles on clay that include 8 RG crowns.

get on the red clay fool and stay on it. 2 hour lazy practice sessions are not cutting the mustard.


stop the endless promotional and extracurricular activities before they all start beating you on every single surface.


focus on your game, your fitness and your training. time is running out.