The only thing that I want to improve is his fear when he is in a
volley position, he is afraid waiting for the ball to come to him,
instead of trying to take it in the highest position by rushing
forward.
He lost two critical points today that were forehands volleys, they
were difficult but they would have been easier had he tried to move
forward,
Well, it'd be one or two matches better. One major, perhaps another
minor final. 10-12. If the coach can change the clay h2h, that would
really be something. Do you think he could have devised different
strategies for Fed to win on clay vs. Nadal?
At this stage in his career, I think Fed should stop worrying about
besting Nadal on clay. Not going to happen, and he has already won
Roland Garros. He should concentrate on Wimbledon/US/AO.
IMO, it would've been 2 matches better (and 2 slams) - Wim 2008 and AO
2009. That's huge.
I think that detracts from perhaps Nadal's greatest victory. He had no
'right' to win that match.
Maybe, but that's taking too much credit away from Nadal. Even with
Anna's Cones, Nadal probably still wins at least one of the two. But
the overall h2h is still based on the surface split slanted towards
clay, so even if the current coach was in his box back then it
wouldn't have altered the clay results much.