now nole is just going to just swing away with tat set in the bag.
nadal`s head is not in the match. before the match he said he was going to have to be aggressive and then his pushing cost him the damn set.
4 doubles faults is just giving him the damn points on a silver platter.
again this idiot is running around his backhand to hit forehands.
its over if he loses this game. I can assure you of this.
Rafa needs to stay aggressive, especially his backhand. And of course 2 UEs to begin the second set...
I have a bad feeling, General. Rafa wants to go home.
Important hold for 1:0 after being down 0:30
he was far more focused at the u.s. open general tee.
he has to be worn out and it is clouding his thinking. there is very little clarity of thought from his side of the net.
he is not even trying to craft any points.
that was such an easy forehand and he misses it.
that is the problem with pushing all those backhands:
when you have to hit one, you miss it or you choke it.
pathetic returning costs him quickly.
he is making nole look like pete Sampras.
another super easy forehand and he chokes it away.
I think he is going to lose this one general tee.
0:40, Rafa overplaying the forehand down the line...
what the hell has he been doing?
one forehand error after another. and all of those forehands were pretty easy to make.
unbelievable. he is being pathetic even by his own pathetic standards he has set against nole in some of his hard court matches.
bottom line: you don't really deserve to win when you play this poorly.
Yeah, saves 2 BPs and then what a return! Rafa has to expect every return to be in play within 1 or 2 feet off the baseline! He is just not prepared.
that describes it perfectly.
he is not prepared. he was never prepared to win this. he has been winning his matches on just fumes.
and now it is going to cost him against nole. you just cant keep winning on fumes.
he simply has not been working hard enough in London.
it is looking like a 6-3, 6-1 win for nole at the moment.
did you see his last forehand miss? he never even moved his damn feet.
Now is the time for push for a break.
this loss should do him good anyway.
he knows he will have to work harder if he wants the Australian open title.
it will force him to try to improve.
some losses are good losses.