Rafa also refused to go to Casablanca to get some matches under his belt.
This is not me talking. Some players are saying that Rafa look horribly out of form both physically and game wise.
At some point I will need to start writing this year off.
I don't think he is hungry enough anymore. He let it all go after that loss at the Australian Open.
Injuries took away a lot from too.
The loss to Berdych? Hm. Psychologically, maybe. I hadn't thought about that. I didn't expect him to beat Berdych coming off of injury, but maybe he was smarting over the AO curse. Every year something crazy seems to happen at the Oz.
There's still time left in the year. Champions like Rafa aren't going to go away without a fight.
We shall see what he's made of now.