I am seein videos of rafa practice sessions.
He won't change a thing. Still parked permanently in his backhand corner trying to hit all forehands.
This is no good. I am 100 per certain that he is not listening to anybody around.
Tony couldn't possibly be that stupid.
Rafa just doesn't care to hit backhands.
He is basically giving you more than 1/2 of the court in matches. This is why fognini hit 15 outright backhand winners into the space so generously provided by Rafa.
So he is just compounding his issues left and right.
Also he should have taken a wildcard in Casablanca.
I look at Rafa these days and I am looking at a player who wants to win matches obviously but simply refuses to put in the hard yards.
If he loses early in Monte Carlo, Barcelona, and Rome, he can pretty much kiss his season goodbye.
More on this later.