CAMELOT FANTASIES

I am a little heart sick but what can you do. it is what it is.

I had a feeling this was coming after seeing him nearly lose to 36 year old stepnek the other day.

he should have lost to andujar in rio but escaped.

it is clear the back is affecting his whole game. it is keeping him from doing his thing out there.

and as I have suggested, the hard courts are not helping at the moment. they can make the back worse. especially his back since he has such a demanding style of play. he is taking too much pounding on the hard surface.

I wont feel better now until I see him start training on clay. to hell with Miami masters.

we know he is going. for one thing there is nearly $2 million in appearance fee waiting there for him. they will also send a jet to take him and his team there.

so he is going. but at the current rate, I have to say that I don't mind seeing him lose early and quickly there. I am very worried about the hard courts now. they are not helping his back they are likely to make it a lot worse.

As fans we want it all, don't we?

Before this tournament you and I were in agreement that we didn't  want him to play here, or in Miami.

We thought it wouldn't be good, and it wasn't.

We need Rafa healthy, that's more important than any trophy.

Plus, we know that Rafa is the ultimate phoenix.

He will rise again and this loss will become just another anomaly.