CAMELOT FANTASIES

basically Rafa has 3-4  years to capture 4-5 slams.


I think he is going to do it.


this loss was tough for him but his resolve has most likely gone up a few hundred percent.

he will remember how it all went down and it is going to fuel his fire.

For sure, Nadal is defined more by his comebacks, than by his setbacks.

Did you see this from Steve Flink? It was funny on TW we were debating this and naturally there were these trolls coming in with the usual accusations. They were running rampant and accusing us of living in a parallel universe. Today, Flink wrote this and guess what? Not one of them were there.

Mouths wide shut, LOL!

Steve Flink:

http://www.tennischannel.com/news/Ne...x?newsid=13500

The injury/medical timeout lasted about seven minutes. While he was gone, Wawrinka vented on Ramos, wanting to know why Nadal had left the court and for what reason. He later explained he wanted to know the nature of the injury. Ramos stood his ground. He is a very experienced umpire who was explicitly following the rules. He was not obligated to answer Wawrinka, who was uncharacteristically out of control. When Nadal returned to the court, he was booed by a good many fans.

That was a terrible injustice. Did the crowd react that way because they sensed Wawrinka was questioning Nadal’s motives for leaving the court? I doubt it. The television audience could hear what Wawrinka was saying to Ramos but the audience was largely in the dark. Inexplicably, the fans did doubt the legitimacy of Nadal’s injury. Some fans on this site have suggested that Nadal fakes a lot of injuries, but I fundamentally disagree. That is ludicrous. He is a great sportsman, a man of integrity. The crowd was simply allowing their worst instincts to prevail. By the time the match was over, they knew full well that Nadal was genuinely hurt, and they applauded the Spaniard effusively during the presentation ceremony.