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Rafa exercise more

great to see you around Exotic.



ha ha. you are so right. he needs more work on his fitness.

Did they ever say what happened today during the match? I DVR the matches and skim through first. That way I don't have to hear the commentators. After I see the result, then if my person wins I'll go back and watch the match and comments don't bother me. If it's someone I don't care for then I don't have to listen to their drivel and omissions. It's quite interesting watching it without the "voices in your head." You can see clearer.

After the match they went straight to the WTA, so I never heard what happened.

I meant to ask you. What is a grinder? I hear them use this term loosely. I thought it meant someone who wasn't offensive and primarily got the ball back. I first heard it when they used it to describe Lleyton and later Ferrer. Now, I hear them applying it to a wide range of players. The other day they used it to describe Joao Sousa (POR). I didn't understand that at all. People's playing styles do not seem to be consistent with their claims.

I am out on the road lady TT.

Grinder is somebody who has to work very hard to grind out his wins.

Rafa destroyed Seppi.


Now we have deal with Fog in the final.

Fog has beaten Rafa 3 times in a row now. Last defeat was in doubles.

Rafa just has to be himself in the final.

He can do it.

I hope he's ready. that getting the trainer was scary. The USO and the USO series may be in jeopardy. The back seized up out of nowhere.

I was worried about this.


I am so glad we restored some order.

We took down Fog in straights.

Vacations are more important than fitness and winning.


He got this done but barely.


We have been saying this here for 2 years now: he refuses to work hard.


Now comes the heat and humidity of the North American hard court circuit.

I want to know what happened with the shouting match. I'll go to the site and look for the press release.

I missed it completely.


what happened and who shouted at who?




huge win for rafa. he really needed this title to start getting the feel for winning again.


he just has to work on fitness now and just keep practicing hard.


good things will come his way if he can keep the focus and unleash that inner drive to battle, compete, and win.

Marion Bartoli Says Rafael Nadal Lacks Power In His Game Right Now



by Tom Gainey | July 28th, 2015, 10:04 am



 


Former Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli was commenting about Rafael Nadal earlier this month. The Frenchwoman with the high IQ said that Nadal is struggling because he no longer can hit the ball with power like his did before, especially off the serve.


“When you play against him [Nadal] the ball is 25 kilometres per hour slower, the opponent doesn’t have the same difficulty to play,” she told Perform.

“When he serves, he can’t go beyond 115 miles per hour.

“He is exposed in every return.

“There is an [solution] and his team need to find it because it’s vital for him.”

She also said that Nadal is not part of the Big 4 – Nadal, Andy Murray, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic – right now.

“With the honours he has won, yes [he is still in it]. But with his level at the moment, no,” she said.