CAMELOT FANTASIES

Princess, is this the cutest thing on earth, or what?
I'm trying to get this picture to show you and it won't show up.

Still working on it.

que pasa princess maria, lady TT, and the others.

here is the order of play for tomorrow:

http://www.atpworldtour.com/Scores/schedule.aspx?EventId=410

Hm, doesn't appear to be any upsets here. All of the guys are looking good, especially Stan, Fed, and Nole. Rafa's not looking especially sharp, but I don't want to ruffle your feathers.

BTW, I noticed that running around the backhand today. They even put up a graphic that showed 15 forehand winners and no backhand winners.

I have your golden bull with Spanish colors.

This bull is too much. I've never seen a bull displayed this way, head on and in full flight. It has given me a new view of this wonderful animal.

Now, let's hope that Rafa remembers he's the Spanish Bull, before it's too late.

He seems to be just enjoying life instead of fulfilling all of our dreams.

:::Pouting:::

lost to a 33 year old with no weapons in straights.


and how often does nadal lose to ferru on clay in monte carlo?


this is what I was talking about. he has let his fitness take a hit and he has let his game drop.

that back issue would have never come into play if he had continue to work on his game and his fitness after winning the u.s. open last year.

he showed up in Melbourne with less than optimal fitness and it cost him.

nishikori and dimitrov wore him out in those 2 matches there. he went all out to gun down Federer there and after that he had nothing left to give.


nadal even made a subtle remark about ferru in abu dhabi: he said very specifically that ferru had been working very hard for 2 months on his game and his fitness.


translation: nadal basically admitted that he has not been doing enough.


so its no wonder now that he finds himself behind the curve.

so far he has not taken the most vital and the most critical part of the season seriously and today you saw it costing him already.

even if back is not 100% and I know it is not, that is all the more reason why he should have left indian wells ASAP after losing so early there.  he should have gone home and jumped on the red clay.

instead he hung around indian wells to play golf and hit casually on the hard courts. and then when the players were already training in Miami, he was goofing off with his sponsor (Nike) in Oregon. they sent a jet to pick him up from indian wells.

he also took in a poker tournament while in indian wells. he did the same thing while in monte carlo.

he has a huge endorsement deal with poker stars.


still all this crap can wait until the off season. he went sailing. he went  to Madrid by train so as to take maximum amount of time to sign on with a bank and then he went to a real Madrid game.

this man does not want to work like a dog on clay. nadal's ground game is in shambles now for one reason and one reason alone: he has neglected the red clay. he has simply not been putting in the time on clay. the result is that now he is suffering on all surfaces.

he cant get enough of the hard courts when he does practice. well its no wonder than that he has near zero confidence in his ground game and less than zero confidence in his backhand. he avoids his backhand even in his dreams.

clay is the wellspring from which he flows. he has to start putting in the vary hard yards on the red clay as general masterclass has suggested. he wasted a total of 15 days after losing early in indian wells. those 15 days should have been spent on the red clay at home and he would have been taking the monte carlo title home.

somehow last year happened and he won a bunch of hard court events. don't expect him to win montral and cincy this year.

it is going to be difficult at best to grab that hard court double. and quite frankly he can just forget about right now if he cant snatch Barcelona, rome, and Madrid.


I am still holding out hope for RG and the U.S. Open. its best of 5 and maybe he can get going there. it is a lot harder to derail him in a best of 5 when he is fairly healthy.


I will just hope for the best.


I am past the disappointed part right now. I am more like heartbroken that he can allow his fitness and his game to take such a hit.

especially in his prime that is about to end in 2 short years.

 am starting to like this image too lady TT: