On Friday, January 31, 2014 8:24:29 AM UTC-5, kaennorsing wrote:
> Op donderdag 30 januari 2014 07:27:28 UTC+1 schreef drew:
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> > He said he felt it during warm-up though.
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> But of course nobody noticed anything about it, including Stan;
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> "You know, was surprise how well I start the match. In the beginning, he was good, he was fit, he wasn't injury. And myself, again, I was playing amazing tennis."
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> I wonder if Rafa actually noticed he was injured?
I thought it was crappy of Rafa to start saying he noticed it during warm-up because it was clear to anybody watching the match that he was not labouring during the first set.
This was the only sour note of his post-match interview. Somehow he has to even cast doubt upon Wawrinka's ability to even take a single set from him if he's healthy.
In this way Nadal lets his guard down a little....he is incapable of seeing himself NOT in control of a match unless there's something physically wrong. It isn't this way if he's playing Djokovic...but somehow Stan taking it to him is unacceptable...Stan isn't supposed to be in his league.