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I remember during Rafa’s younger days, I just watched his clay court matches without even need to worry one bit, and he was serving out bagels and bread sticks so frequently. Those were such joyful moments […]

Yeah, it is very much dependent on which Rafa comes out to play. For this R4 match, if the Rafa of R3 came out to play, I was confident that he would beat FAA comfortably, and that’s why it’s so shocking to see […]

Rafa has to up his level from today’s come the QF, if not he will be toast. This is not being negative but being realistic.

Djoko isnt playing unbeatable tennis but his level is somehow rather steady, not so […]

Well Rafa wins in the end, congrats! Should’ve won this sooner; he always like to fight back when his back is against the wall. He serves better when he really needs to hold serve to win, but serves poorly […]

Djoko must be laughing watching this match goes the distance. Whoever wins this is going to be killed by Djoko in the QF.

Rafa has himself to blame for getting into a mess like this. He doesn’t play smart […]

Yeah, it’s either you win this or you win that but not both it seems!

The thing is FAA isn’t really playing unbeatable tennis, and Rafa has the momentum with him after winning set three, yet he just plays and […]

Even if he wins it in five, he’s not going to beat Djoko if he continues to play like this! Djoko will eat him up in straight sets!

Why Rafa’s level can fluctuate so much from match to match? He was playing so well in R3; I know FAA serves well here, but it’s Rafa self destruction, with such poor quality service games. FAA really didn’t need […]

No point breaking serve when you can’t hold your own serve! This is going five sets and Rafa’s chance of winning the match is getting slimmer. He is looking sluggish but FAA is looking energetic.

Rafa’s serve […]

Rafa must make FAA run, it’s when FAA has to run for the ball that he may overhit his shots. Come on Rafa, please hold serve!

How many BPs must Rafa squander before finally getting a break? Why must he keep hitting right back at FAA? A brain freeze there! Luckily FAA’s level has gone down and Rafa finally has upped his.

Having a good serve is so important, even on clay. I really blame Toni Nadal for not helping Rafa to develop a good serve from young! Rafa has to work so hard to win points whilst FAA could just win points […]

Looks like Meddy is doing very well here. Of all the young generation top guys, Meddy seems to be the best among them even on clay?(Alcaraz not in this list, he belongs to the next next gen).

If Meddy […]

Djoko was playing quite well, hadn’t reached top form yet. He was too good for his opponents so far, as usual. Schwartzman may provide a bit of a challenge but not much I feel. Schwartzman is not playing well […]

Played once, on clay at Madrid in 2019; Rafa won in straight sets.

I expect Rafa to win this R4 match. FAA had to fight hard to win his matches, and his opponents so far weren’t of Rafa’s calibre.

Rafa […]

I didn’t know Rafa’s R3 opponent was ranked at no.29, quite high. Rafa made him looked like he’s ranked in the 100s for two sets.

Rafa could have won the third set at 5-1 or 5-2 but instead made a mess out […]

Meddy in four?

If it goes to five, I’ll say Meddy to win. I have doubts about Kecmanovic going five sets toe to toe with Meddy, because Meddy is a very fit guy. Kecmanovic has to win in three or four sets. I think it’s 50/50 for both.

BP opportunities wasted by Korda, he could be leading in this set by now and instead he lost his own serve!

Such a dumb dropshot by Korda! Why hit a drop shot right at your opponent when he’s right there to get to it? You have to make your opponent run for the drop shot!

Korda is too eager to avoid hitting to […]