I am the only one who can be critical of Rafa.
I have not given rest of the world permission yet to be critical of him. that is simply not going to be allowed.
by the way the clay warrior is playing 3 events at the Olympics.
Ha ha ha. I hear you. It bothers me when people are overly critical of Rafa too; magnifying anything they can to put him down, when Rafa does absolutely nothing to warrant it. He doesn't curse out fellow players, aim at players heads, throw rackets in the stands, hurl balls at the ball boys and girls, curse on court, or talk negatively about his peers in the press.
He lines up his bottles, occasionally (now) picks his bum, and goes over a few seconds on time, like everybody else and the powers to be have seen fit to vilify for these innocuous traits.
He is the class that they give to others and so many people can't see it. I've never been one to follow the crowd. I judge everything based on its own merits and for the life I can't see or understand the hatred and bile that some people are able to muster for no reason.
Rafa stands heads and shoulders above the entire tour for me in actions and in deeds. The media, commentators, vicious fans and the like can talk until they're blue in the face and it will have no impact on me. I see what's going on and nothing or no one can change my opinion but me.
Rafa is the best ever, whether the world acknowledges it or not.