CAMELOT FANTASIES

so far he has not taken the most vital and the most critical part of the season seriously and today you saw it costing him already.

even if back is not 100% and I know it is not, that is all the more reason why he should have left indian wells ASAP after losing so early there.  he should have gone home and jumped on the red clay.

instead he hung around indian wells to play golf and hit casually on the hard courts. and then when the players were already training in Miami, he was goofing off with his sponsor (Nike) in Oregon. they sent a jet to pick him up from indian wells.

he also took in a poker tournament while in indian wells. he did the same thing while in monte carlo.

he has a huge endorsement deal with poker stars.


still all this crap can wait until the off season. he went sailing. he went  to Madrid by train so as to take maximum amount of time to sign on with a bank and then he went to a real Madrid game.

this man does not want to work like a dog on clay. nadal's ground game is in shambles now for one reason and one reason alone: he has neglected the red clay. he has simply not been putting in the time on clay. the result is that now he is suffering on all surfaces.

he cant get enough of the hard courts when he does practice. well its no wonder than that he has near zero confidence in his ground game and less than zero confidence in his backhand. he avoids his backhand even in his dreams.

clay is the wellspring from which he flows. he has to start putting in the vary hard yards on the red clay as general masterclass has suggested. he wasted a total of 15 days after losing early in indian wells. those 15 days should have been spent on the red clay at home and he would have been taking the monte carlo title home.

somehow last year happened and he won a bunch of hard court events. don't expect him to win montral and cincy this year.

it is going to be difficult at best to grab that hard court double. and quite frankly he can just forget about right now if he cant snatch Barcelona, rome, and Madrid.


I am still holding out hope for RG and the U.S. Open. its best of 5 and maybe he can get going there. it is a lot harder to derail him in a best of 5 when he is fairly healthy.


I will just hope for the best.


I am past the disappointed part right now. I am more like heartbroken that he can allow his fitness and his game to take such a hit.

especially in his prime that is about to end in 2 short years.