CAMELOT FANTASIES

even to this day rafa simply refuses to expand his horizons on the practice courts.


he has become even more conservative. it is a rare sight to see him actually stand near the center of the court and hit both backhands and forehands.

often times he just parks himself in his backhand corner and just tries to hit as many forehands as possible. practice sessions keep getting shorter and shorter.


hitting on the hard courts has been a disaster for him. he has completely lost his ground game and his movement.


in fact he is back on them now. he went right back to the hard courts. you read that right: he is practicing on the hard courts right now.


there was a time to cut back-- in terms of practice and match play-- on the hard courts in order to minimize his injuries. and that time was right after the u.s. open title in 2013.

his work was on the hard courts was pretty much done at that point. he had 3 hard court slams. he has just taken down djokovic at flushing meadows again.


that was more than enough. he could have even had his 4th one if he just had just been able to skip some of the hard court events and get back on clay to stay healthy. I am talking about the time after the u.s. open in 2013.

he could have saved himself from the endless injuries and he would still be a dominant force. and he would have had his 10th RG.

now additional slams are in question. he has fallen too far behind.

even the masters events are in question, let alone slams.


more on this later.