CAMELOT FANTASIES

our warrior got demolished last night.


just goes to show so much clearly now the dramatic drop in fitness and his physicality.

his movement was off the mark and he had little or no power off the ground, let alone the consistency.

he won barely 10% of the points off the ground.


I am just too sad about it but not much we can do.

rafa has to find the hunger and the drive again.


I heard he did not even bother practicing his return of serve the last 2 days.


well it shows. he has to start making the sacrifices again if he wants it bad enough.

He went further than I anticipated. They said this only was his seventh match in six months. I didn't expect him to beat the number seven player in the world. I actually thought he was going to lose to Kevin Anderson. If Berdych hadn't beat a rusty Rafa, who came in on hard courts instead of clay, he wouldn't be a worthy number seven. So the loss didn't bother me at all.

Poor Rafa, the expectations are so huge for him. I hope he takes the loss in stride. Not many people can be off six months, do a few exhibitions and be prepared for a major, especially on a surface that isn't their best. It would be similar to Andy being off injured and coming back on clay. He would take some losses, and that's to be expected.

Anyway, I think he did good to get to the quarterfinals. And, I'm happy for Tomas. He's one of my favorites too, (not like Rafa), but I like him a lot. Plus, he had some great intangibles, getting engaged, new coach= renewed motivation.

Surprisingly, Berdych has a 6-4 H2H against Murray! I'm shocked.

Speaking of Murray, I was so glad he took the cocky Aussie down. Kyrgios reminds me of an overzealous puppy bounding all over the day. Andy was masterful. I sure hope one of them wins the title, Berdych or Murray. I'm not a fan of the other side. Which reminds me, I can't believe Stan beat Kei so convincingly in straight sets. What a disappointment!