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Rafa is now making Schwartzman runs for the ball, that’s the way! Rafa’s game > Schwartzman’s game, so Rafa has to stay calm each time he sees Schwartzman across the net!

It seems like Rafa is playing with […]

When Rafa serves well he can win the point. And, he hitting his I/O CC FH to the open court works against Schwartzman (see, don’t have to hit right back at your opponent all the time!).

Why must Rafa play c […]

Schwartzman is good at changing directions and good with DTL shots from both wings. What Rafa should do is not to hit right back at Schwartzman but to hit to the open court and makes Schwartzman runs for the […]

Rafa’s serve is just terrible! Against Schwartzman he’s already in deep trouble; even if he wins this (well he may not, judging at how well Schwartzman plays), he’s going to have even bigger troubles against Djoko […]

On hindsight you could say that, but during 2013 when he was just back from his long injury, and was looking shaky even on clay, how could we know what were to come?

Don’t forget, his FO SF Vs Djoko that year, […]

I was hoping for Rublev in the final so Rafa could get a revenge before the FO (he did beat Zverev here at Rome for a revenge of the Madrid loss). It’s not just for revenge sake, but beating those who had beaten […]

Ha ha Ramara, I don’t know why but these days I can watch Rafa’s live matches with more calm, compared to during 2011 to 2016 (dark age of Rafa’s tennis career imo). I think after Rafa winning against Djoko at […]

When it mattered, Rafa was able to raise his level, and I think that’s important because we can’t expect Rafa to be playing consistently well all the time at his age now.

Of course Djoko being Djoko was able […]

Congrats Rafa, a 10th Rome title, and 36th Masters title!

He edged past Djoko by merely three points, and Djoko won most of the long rallies and Rafa most of the under five shots.

Rafa gets to keep his […]

Djoko looks the better player between the two, despite Rafa having so many FH winners.

I have to say that Djoko these days has better court craft than Rafa even on clay. He can come out with all sorts of […]

Rafa tends to overhit his shots these days, his shots lack precision. I guess he’s moving slower these days hence the timing of his shots is off.

When Rafa plays against Djoko, he’s usually the one losing in […]

I do believe that Djoko will be the best player of this era; he simply needs another two slams to tie with Fedal. His other records – most Masters titles (and winning each Masters at least twice); five YE […]

I’m impressed with Sonego, all those unbelievable shot selections he made to save Bps after Bps. It’s just that he might be getting tired and then threw in all those ill fated drop shots, losing all of them . […]

Tsitsipas future world no.1? Provided he could solve his mental issues of not losing from winning positions so often!

I like Tsitsipas (of course can’t compare with Rafa my fave!); but Tsitsipas has to l […]

Tsitsipas was in a losing position in the first place, not in a winning position to start with. So as I said in my post, Tsitsipas tends to relax when he’s ahead, and that’s the problem!

It seems that he’ […]

But Sonego had a day off yesterday due to the rain; that should help after the match with Thiem.

Nah, the big three are getting old and their mental lapses may be due to their own physical decline. Tsitsipas is young, he’s wasting energy so often in matches, losing from winning positions.

He had four M […]

See, told you, Tsitsipas is always capable of losing a winnable match! This is not the last time, I bet! If he continues like this, he’s not going to win a slam!

He needs someone to help him mentally! L […]

The problem with Tsitsipas is he’s capable of losing the match from a winning position so often, sometimes even when he had MPs against his opponent. Imo, he really needs someone to help bring his game to the n […]

Rafa really gives his fans heart attacks service game after service game! He almost has to save BPs in all his service games in the second set. Thankfully he still wins in straight sets! It’s such a torture w […]