I hope I’m on the right thread for this. my input on this match would be something like this:
- another R2 loss. this time to nadal and, most importantly, with glory.
this was ernie’s night, it’s obvious. nadal seemed to me a little overweight (scary as hell, because he’s always the fittest on the circuit
) and so not ready for a match.
ernests started off too agitated, too much in a hurry (I’m sure it was a hurricane of emotions inside of him the whole match) which made him lose the first set. he came back superbly to win the second one very quickly.
the match was lost in the third set at 2-1 for nadal, when ernests got broken (that horrifying break at 0!!). that’s where the lights went off for ernests. he went blank, just like at the brc open, just like so many times. it’s almost a pattern with him, he loses the first set, comes back and then goes blank. keywords : mental coaching. (this is unacceptable if you want to make it to the top and if he doesn’t want that, why turn pro anyway, right?
)
- he played a good match last night though. he served unbelievably almost every point.
many aces, which is great, many DFs, which was nerve wracking. in the end it all came down to patience and experience. that’s how nadal won the match. or, the lack of patience and experience made ernests lose the match.
i know he won’t read this, but just in case, all I would like to say to him is please don’t be like safin! be better! the guy that was commenting the match just kept babbling about the many similarities between ernests and safin, he wouldn’t stop. it was unbearable. don’t be like safin, for the love of god, be better!! and improve that backhand, it has cost you a lot of lost points.
well, he died with glory. i wouldn’t even call it a loss, it was a great game. period. we’re proud of you, kiddo!
this was my message for ernests in case he decides to secretly lurk around this board.