Strange Days Ahead?
Posted by Brodie under: Miami

I don’t mean to over react, but I didn’t get any solid posts in after the ridiculous losses by Nole and Muzz, so I feel like I need to comment. Cause I got shit to say! (As always…)
Really, I’m just curious as to what’s going to happen with the clay season. Delpo and Kolya both have effed up wrists, Muzz is still sad from AO (and not that great on clay), Nole is all over the place, Dick sucks on clay… I hate to say “Rafa and Fed”… may be the REAL big guys, at least for a period here, but it’s hard not to imagine so. Rafa is starting to find his groove (and his grind) and Fed is starting to fall back into a rhythm, one would assume. Ljubs and Dick showed last week that with big players faltering, all you really gotta do is play consistent, well serving tennis and you can find yourself very deep in a tournament. And with clay specialists… hmm.
This post sure doesn’t have a lot of actual substance, but it’s an idea. And it also kind of shows how ready I am for clay courts. So should you.
I will tell you what I am looking forward to in the clay season: Juanqui kicking ass and taking names. I feel like the Spanish claycourters didn’t make much of an impression last year (besides Rafa, duh), but if the South American swing is any kind of predictor, JCF and Ferru might do some real damage this year. ~crosses fingers~
The thing that really surprised me as I was browsing tourney websites is that Muzz isn’t exactly bothering to defend his Monte Carlo points. Fed isn’t going as per usual, but Muzz has semi-final points to defend. So I guess he finally decided to live with his clay-sucktitude and take some rest.
I do think Rafa for sure is getting into his groove, and I think that win over Nalby yesterday may really boost his confidence!
Maybe Nando decides to break his Masters 1000-QF streak and actually make it to a semi/final.
Brodie – you have a point about the Clay season. Since MC is no longer mandatory the players don’t have to show up even though it’s a “Masters”. Fed took a WC last year and got turfed early by Stan. For MAndy, he needs to get his head out of his a$$ so staying away might be good for him. Rafole finals again… anyone?
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