well he is just giving it away now.
2 double faults in this key game.
I don't know what to say.
he is really out of it.
its terrible to see him this way.
his return is just beyond pathetic.
he will lose this one going away unless he can get his return going.
another short, pathetic, and pedestrian return when he had to get it back deep.
those break points don't come easy.
he pushes 2 backhands back and gets an error from nole.
Nole starting making errors but Rafa's forehand started clicking more.
agreed but that was a key game for nadal.
he needed to make some more inroads there.
he lost the first point but he had his chances to take that point and force nole to think a little bit.
now nadal has to hold.
3 key double faults.
he messes up his own damn rhythm with all that fidgety stuff.
there is just no need to touch that stupid nose 6 times.
I don't remember ever seeing Rafa make 4DFs in 4 service games! And that pathetic volley down break point, wow...
the damn fool cant even put away an easy volley at the net.
he pushed it.
even killer cahill said just said that nadal could have put more on that volley.
well this set is gone now.
the man cannot volley general tee.
its just that simple.
Rafa FINALLY unloading on the backhand side! About freaking time!
And that let cord at 15:30... Nothing going Rafa's way so far.
and then he pushes 3 of them backhands and loses the point.
there was no need to do that with the game and the set on the line.
and another pathetic return is about to cost him the set.
this is what you get when you push the ball against this guy.
to be honest, I am not surprised at all.
nadal is going to have to try to go after the ball or go the bloody hell home fast.