CAMELOT FANTASIES

check out this volley by Dimitrov:

http://www.tennis-x.com/xblog/2015-11-04/21062.php

Oh wow, and moving forward. Sweet!

Rafa has to deal with Anderson tomorrow.


Anderson is nearly 6 foot 7. he can serve from the sky. Rafa has to return well and hit the ball deep.


no pushing and shoving that backhand. the key is hitting the ball with conviction and confidence.

pushing and shoving the ball off the backhand keeps his topspin backhand from finding its groove.

action heating up in Bercy.


here is the order of play for tomorrow:

http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/scores/current/paris/352/daily-schedule

Nishikori is a great talent but so unfortunate with those endless injury bouts.

Rafa has had to endure so many injuries in his career also. it is so damned hard to sustain high performance with injuries constantly knocking you to the ground.


but thank god he has been healthy this year. he has to realize the urgency of the matter now and go after 2016.

he still has it in him. we just have to see if he will do it.

I think I will work on a new super sig for myself when I get home.

Rafa is out of Bercy.

he just has work to do folks. I hope he relishes the challenge of getting back to being himself again.


he should not be struggling like this. he got in plenty of court time in Basel, Switzerland.

that should have been enough to take down Wawrinka. he had beaten him 13 times in a row without ever losing a set. on all surfaces.

so I don't think there was any pressure. Rafa beat them all. he had a winning record against 100% of the top 30 players.

 Rafa just lacks quality and consistency in his game at the moment.


he can get it all back with hard work, focus, and some sacrifice. I just don't know if he really wants to.


European clay circuit next year will tell all. he has to be make sure he is a factor there.

he has to change his stars. Clay is the way for him.

Rafa is out of Bercy.

he just has work to do folks. I hope he relishes the challenge of getting back to being himself again.


he should not be struggling like this. he got in plenty of court time in Basel, Switzerland.

that should have been enough to take down Wawrinka. he had beaten him 13 times in a row without ever losing a set. on all surfaces.

so I don't think there was any pressure. Rafa beat them all. he had a winning record against 100% of the top 30 players.

 Rafa just lacks quality and consistency in his game at the moment.


he can get it all back with hard work, focus, and some sacrifice. I just don't know if he really wants to.


European clay circuit next year will tell all. he has to be make sure he is a factor there.

he has to change his stars. Clay is the way for him.

Yeah, that was pretty bad. I had things to do so I was just checking in here and there. Every time I left he was up in the score and every time I came back, he was down. I couldn't believe it. The play was so up and down. Could he be intimidated by the elite? He plays great (as of late) when he's playing other good players, but whenever he faces #5 and down he plays bad.

Still, he's close so I'm not complaining he's gained by leaps and bounds from the first ten months. I hope he gets it together soon. This has been hard to watch. 

2016 Roland Garros - May 22 - June 5, 2016


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