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Quote from: Clay Death on March 19, 2015, 11:39:45 am

Rafa can get it done.

He just has to return well and then take over the rallies.

Twenty-three minutes to go. I so hope Rafa is ready.

Wow, Federer slaughtered Berdych! 6-4,6-0. WTH?I didn't watch it because my stupid DVR didn't tape it since IW comes on ESPN on the weekends. I forgot about that. They showed Fed's match on regular ESPN, but Rafa will come on TTW, which I checked and that will record.

So, I'm going to eat a bite and settle in to watch the match. I hope Rafa wins.

watch Federer slaughter milos too.



rafa had his chances. he just wont practice hard enough.

there was no need for a vacation in costa rica before this tournament.


I just cant stand it. he has to sit on the damn sidelines watch old man Federer and Nole take home all the hardware.


I can understand the setbacks related to injuries but I cant understand the endless need for poker, golf, fishing, vacations, and all that work on his academy and his foundation. and there are near endless awards ceremonies he has to attend which eat up a lot of his time.

all the other players are working as hard as they possibly can on their game and their fitness.



he still stands in his backhand side of the court trying to hit as many forehands as possible in practice. he does not want to practice his backhand.  and he does not like practicing his return of serve.

he is hungry for wins but he is not hungry enough to put in the very long yards needed to dominate the sport.

time is running out. we cant let these other guys get too far out in front. it will be hard to catch them.



he broke milos in the first set and was able to grab the set. he managed to hang on in the 2nd set to force the breaker. before that he was not able to break milos.

he missed his opportunities in the breaker and then again was not able to break milos in the 3rd set.

milos is not that good. he has that big serve but his movement is suspect and accordingly his ground came is suspect. rafa had never lost to him before.


now he will go to Miami which he should skip. he needs to go back home and get on clay.

rafa's ground game is now even more suspect than ever. he was not this bad as a teenager.


he won just 10% of the points in rallies against berdych in a best of 5 sets match in Australia. that should have been a good enough hint that he needed to woek on his ground game on clay more and also spend more time on fitness.

rafa is the greatest baseliner in the history of the sport. he has to decide to get his ground game back.

he needs 3 things for that:

1. his drive and his hunger
2. play and practice more on clay
3. do more work on fitness


there is just no point in not going for a couple or 3 more slams. history is within reach.