rafa takes 3 hours and 18 minutes to get rid of simon the pest.
I see the same patterns:
1. not returning well enough
2. not fully trusting of his backhand
3. giving them too much court/real estate to work with
shaky at the net: he offers very little threat at the net. this is just another reason why he has to work so hard to win his matches.
he has to do it all from the backcourt which is a bit difficult if you don't fully trust your backahand. nadal's backahand is one of the best in the world.
he just cant seem to get himself to let it get in the groove.
simon moves well but basically he knew exactly where nadal was going majority of the time.