really quick post tonight as im posting from my phone in a hotel lobby! nadal routed andujar as we said he would while stan the man put paid to our 50/1 outright shot on berdych! berdych had this match at his mercy, up 2-4 and 15-40 on the wawrinka serve with virtual match points in the third set before somehow losing 16 of the next 20 points en route to a massively disappointing loss for him.
All credit and hats off to stan. he is one of the tour's real good guys. i think he is in for a long day tomorrow though! he has played nadal 8 times and has lost 8 times without ever even winning a set! that record is about as bad as it gets! i would LOVE to see stan beat Rafa tomorrow but i cant see it happening. Even with magnus norman at the helm, rafa will be confident of beating my favourite swiss, but i think stan is capable of getting on the scoreboard and taking a set this time around. he is back in the top ten as of today, is playing the best tennis of his life, and i will take him to get a set in a close but ultimately losing effort against nadal. stan will need to serve well and be ultra aggressive tomorrow. no point trying to engage rafa in long rallies! expect nadal to hit moonball after moonball to the wawrinka single hander as he does with federer on every occadion they meet!
Take rafa 2-1 @ 5.00 on the exchanges. enjoy the tennis! :)
ps i will do a full preview of Rome in tomorrow's blog. over and out!
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