Well it's a surprising loss, but it only reaffirms my theory that the X-Man is just about the least mentally reliable player out there. It's quite telling that he's the highest-ranked and arguably most talented player never to have won a title, and that I think has something to do with his bizarre on-court attitude.
I saw him play Roddick in the first round in Basel last year, and at times he looked as though he could barely reach the ball, let alone hit it; it was as if he just didn't want to be there. Having said that, it's a long-standing problem for him; here is a man who once tanked the third set of a match according to Nick Bolletieri simply because he didn't like the way the other guy was hitting the ball.
Mystery Man, is Malisse!