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It's official!  Rafa has accepted a wild card for Hamburg at Am Rothenbaum!



7 years after his last appearance, Rafa returns to Hamburg!


This is good news.  I wish he had played in Bastad though, but he said he couldn't commit.  He has many irons in the fire.

I suppose 4 or 5 matches on clay is better than nothing.

After Hamburg, he has a decision to make. 

1. Does he play the next week in the 250 event in Kitzbuhel, Austria on clay, the last clay event of the year?
2. Or, does he play the same week in the 500 event in Washington, DC on hard courts?
3. Or, does he skip those events and on Aug 10, go straight into the Canadian Masters in Montreal on hard courts?

I think he will choose #3.  I might advise #1 (it's beautiful there and clay court title leader Vilas won 4 titles there). Some others are advising #2.  It depends on how much he wants to work and play, knowing the two hard court masters are back to back (Cincinnati follows Canada).

Respectfully,
masterclass