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2016 Roland Garros - May 22 - June 5, 2016


Predictably,
masterclass

that is pretty cool.



Australian Open is 71 days away now.


French Open is huge next year. History will be made. you just know what Djokovic wants it bad.

and the real Rafa may show up to battle once again so he ride into the sunset.

10th RG crown for him is my dream.


but he is going to have to put in an immense amount hard work to get it.

Here is what djokovic said:

He said he is not interested in farting around. He said only way he can keep achieving like this is if he keeps progressing. He said he will not stand still.

He said he is working on his game all the time. He said he wants to improve.

While others say they need rest or more time off for vacations, djokovic goes and works on his game and his fitness.

I think he has 27-28 wins against top 10 opponents alone this year.

That has to be a record.

you have to outwork him to stop him.

he is constantly bringing in experts to help him and advise him.

he is paying attention to every single detail. he is even taken recovery very seriously for instance.

he has made changes in his diet, his training, his fitness.


more on this later.



I know who can stop him. it is Rafa and it will have to be on clay.

you have to outwork him to stop him.

he is constantly bringing in experts to help him and advise him.

he is paying attention to every single detail. he is even taken recovery very seriously for instance.

he has made changes in his diet, his training, his fitness.


more on this later.



I know who can stop him. it is Rafa and it will have to be on clay.

Great post. Rafa made great strides considering how he started. He seems very much motivated to improve now, and I think he'll do it. So, while the season started with a dud, it ended on an up note. Here are some quotes about Rafa.

#‎ATP‬ Ranking. ‪#‎Nadal‬ will be No.5 next Monday after Ferrer loss in ‪#‎ParisBercy‬ semifinals. He comes back to Top5 for first time since April.

#Nadal started 2015 No.3, he fell down to No.10 in June and could end it No.5. Not a bad performance at his "worst" season since 2004. Right?

Rafa Nadal: “I am working hard to improve every day. Mentally I am starting to feel great. You can’t really compare the previous years, the different levels of play, I just need to get back what I lost this year and I think I am working in the best possible way to achieve that. Compared to the start of the season, I have had many steps forward."

Nadal improved to 58-19 on the year.

His 764 career wins are good enough for ninth place on the Open Era list, one ahead of Pete Sampras.

hard work is key. Rafa has to put in the long hard yards on the practice courts and on the fitness front.

results will come if he can do that.

rafa has the natural competitive advantage on clay. he has to exploit that once again.

if he can stop them on clay then he improves his chances of stopping them on other surfaces.

London will be over soon. it starts in 7 days.

rafa has to go on a fitness program after that and spend the maximum time possible on the practice courts.

I don't expect anything in London and at the Australian open but monte carlo is a few months away.

he has this small window to produce his magic once again and then just go and capture RG.
that will fix everything.

Agree to all and am glad to see that he is on board. Rafa is so honest in his assessments of himself and his game. He's come a long way in the last few months, not Australia, but I think he'll have a good 2016.

I am thinking about adding a world and national news section here at Camelot.

Camelot is one stop shopping center for a lot of things.

we are one stop resource. you don't have to waste precious time looking for things all over the internet.


you can find a lot of relevant info right here with a little bit of navigation.

So true, sometimes I get lost on other boards reading all of the new information. We're blessed to have so many new members with s various interests. Camelot is coming along just fine.

article from the ATP site:

Murray is the second best baseliner in the world in today’s game, but the gap between Djokovic and the rest of the field only seems to be getting wider. In the opening set, Djokovic completely controlled the back of the court, winning 69 per cent (27/39) of baseline points. Overall, the Serb won 67 per cent (47/70) of baseline points for the match, which is a massive advantage that allows the rest of his game to flow freely.

Djokovic’s real advantage came in mid-length rallies of five to nine shots where he stole the show, winning 68 per cent (28/41) of points, as both players tried to force their baseline patterns on the opponent. Murray actually won the longer rallies over nine shots (10-8), but with so few rallies getting this far, it simply wasn’t enough to make an impact on the final outcome.

The real key to Djokovic’s dominance was the backhand-to-backhand arm wrestle in the ad court. Murray made 25 backhand errors to Djokovic’s 11, shutting down the Brit’s strength, and making him bend to his own intentions. The quality of Murray’s backhand errors also speaks to the pressure Djokovic was putting him under in their baseline exchanges.

The number one backhand error by far from Murray was into the net with 13. Djokovic was often making contact standing closer to the baseline, which enabled better depth, and took time away from Murray’s preparation, hence the high number of net errors. Murray also made eight backhand errors long, three wide cross-court, and only one wide down the line. Murray did go to “Plan B” by coming forward to the net, winning 79 per cent (11/14) approaching, and two of three serving and volleying. The problem here for Murray is sheer volume, as dominating 17 points at the net does not come close to negating the 70 points Djokovic controlled from the back of the court.

Djokovic also applied pressure with his deep returns right down the middle, giving no angle for Murray to initially hurt him with. Murray won only 35 per cent (11/31) of his second serve points, as he often had to get out of the way of a deep Djokovic return hit right at him. The deep middle return is a hidden gem in Djokovic’s suffocating game plan. Leading into the Paris final, he had hit 49 per cent of his returns to the middle area of the court, 38 per cent wide in the ad court, and only 13 per cent wide in the deuce court. The middle of the court is a great way for Djokovic to begin the point, enabling him to then dictate from the middle of the court with his first shot after the return.

Djokovic’s forehand produced four winners, but more importantly only made eight groundstroke errors to Murray’s 19. A key pattern of play for Djokovic was to attack Murray’s forehand on the run in the deuce court, forcing Murray to make 15 of his 19 errors standing in the deuce, including seven running hard out wide near the deuce court alley. In the opening set, Murray hit 56 per cent of his forehands down the line, but 95 per cent (18/21) of those were down the line to Djokovic’s impenetrable backhand wing.

Djokovic hit 51 per cent of his forehands down the line in the opening set, and his seven inside-in forehands to Murray’s forehand primarily landed deep and close to the line in the deuce court. Beating an in-form Djokovic is a complex jigsaw puzzle of playing more to his forehand and getting to the net more than feels comfortable.

Simply hitting more winners clearly doesn’t work, as Murray hit 20 winners to the Serb’s 10 for the match, while Murray committed 34 unforced errors to Djokovic’s 12.

Djokovic makes everyone on the planet bend to his rules of engagement, and unless you have got several plans of attack mixed at exactly the right time, the Serb’s reign as the world’s best player is only getting stronger.