And people thought that he would scorch a healthy Nadal for the entirety of three sets (like the first 4 games) in a Slam Final :lol: Guy is too inconsistent..I think he is here for taking, probably by Cilic..
Probably thinking in the 1st Set that he should do his best and prove how good he is, then fade in the 2nd Set probably feeling "bored" seeing that there is no challenge, then wakes up in the 3rd realizing how much trouble he is in. I think he needs to control himself in these situations, to reserve energy when needed so he wouldn't be wasted mentally to be vulnerable. He should think that there is more to the tour than just winning a Slam because if that was just his drive (already reaching the top of the game) then he should re-evalute himself IMO. Oh well...I just hope this was enough (plus his IW loss) be alert consistently for the next match -- I think he is just not yet fully ready to be "big".
I wasn't able to see the whole match -- just around the 3rd Set 4-2. That said, I actually think that Stan had shown the capability to overwhelm opponents (a bagel, seriously?) but seems like a sugar rush -- excellent at the start but the crash is so big. He needs to balance his energy in his matches or he would be very vulnerable. I think someone should handle how he approach his matches mentally to keep steady and not have these crashes. He's frankly turning into the Li Na of tennis recently -- after winning a Slam, not sure where her "place" exactly is and is always vulnerable.
Rafa was injured when Soderling beat him at FO was not he? It is really a shame on him! But it is his mindset which helps Rafa to get over after he is defeated ,That is not going to change ever just because he has already an image of INJURED CHAMPION,
I can't even say he was rusty, as he bagelled Gimeno-Traver in the 1st Set and also did what DGT did to him in 2nd Set in the 3rd (break once, then break again to win the set). He just needs control on where he allocates his clutch and energy, because it seems he mentally clutches in one set (not only clutch, but win sets in Federer-esqe quick manner) then "tanks" (in a sense that he can't handle doing so much in the previous set mentally) next set, then goes alert again in the 3rd. He has to keep his mental game to the state that made him YE #8 and just go all out come he faces the very top.
EDIT: Interesting trivia: the 1st was actually just 16 minutes -- shorter than the longest service game against Djokovic in the US Open.
The bagel had put the bandwagon at speed again before slowing down in second set.
So hoping that Wawa makes the SF with Rafa . Rafa needs this win in his subconscious for the rest of the year.
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