CAMELOT FANTASIES

if me and general masterclass had been 2 of his other uncles and also assigned to be his coaches, Rafa would have never lost a match on the red clay.

imagine rafa with 3 uncles as his team of coaches.

general masterclass is one of the finest  tennis analysts on the planet. he was right when he said that rafa could have used somebody like muster's fitness coach.

so who got muster's fitness coach? nole did and now look at him. nole also does not have a million other outside activities during the season. he just focuses on his game and his fitness 7 days a week.




I also said very specifically that what ails rafa is 3 things but the single greatest thing that ails him is the drop in fitness.

1. drop in fitness
2. drop in match play and practice on the red clay: clay is the wellspring from which he flows
3. lack of proper focus for clay and too much infatuation with the hard courts and all the other activities outside of tennis

sooner or later it had to cost him and that is what is happening this year.

clay had always saved him but you knew a day would come when that lack of proper detail and preparation for clay would cost him.

now he is going to need just the right luck to take RG. he needs to get rid of ferru in straights or 4 sets and leave the court without making his back worse. he will need a similar performance in the semis.


he needs nole to be slightly off in the final. nole is serving too big and returning even bigger. that gives him an instant edge and makes the assignment slightly trickier for rafa.


rafa just has to get rid of him in straights or 4 sets in the final and I think he will.


I give rafa the edge because he is 8-0 in the finals. nole will go in with some doubts. those doubts will start to weigh after rafa nails the first set.