Again this man has 46 clay titles.
He has 9 RG crowns.
Since when beating Dimitrov and Berdych were huge monumental achievements for him on clay. He should able to beat them on one leg.
They are not very consistent anyway.
Rafa lost so badly today because he refuses to work hard even now.
Just a few days ago he had a chance to go take in a few matches at one of the smaller events. He had that opportunity before Monte Carlo. And he again had another opportunity before Madrid.
He just doesn't want to work. And hence the continued drop in rankings.
He would not go and bust his chops.
He beat an aging 33 year old Ferru and isner and called it a great tournament in Monte Carlo.
Bullshit. Hopefully that was just for public consumption.
It took him 3 hours to get rid of Ferru and nearly 2.3 hours to remove isner who can't move at all.
Rafa needs hard work and he is just not doing it.
He had an early match yesterday. He should have hit the practice courts later in the evening.
He won't win and will continue to drop in rankings if he won't put in the work.