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Thanks Lady TT.  I was amazed by the difference myself.  Typically these stats don't change much for top players, since they are so consistent. 

By the way, I looked at all return stats for Rafa for 2014,  and believe it or not, they are on par with his career stats, which are excellent by the way.  He's at or near the top in every category.

So it's definitely that second serve won percentage decline that sticks out as the problem from a statistical view.

Interesting that his hard court service percentages are actually slightly higher than his career percentages.
Not a big difference, but a percent or two.

This might tell someone that he has focused more on his hard court play in recent times, perhaps to the detriment of his clay court play... something general hercules and myself have been saying.  General hercules said he took his clay court play for granted.  Well, we will see if he can recover in time for the big one. 

Roland Garros begins today!  Good luck and good health to all players!

Let the war on the battlefield of the tennis gods begin!

Who will emerge as the last one standing?

Respectfully,
masterclass