Comments on: Halle: Quarterfinal presser transcript

By: Sharon/London

Sharon/London — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 21:54:42 +0000

I love the comments after rafa’s answers.

Yes, Rafa likes hs balls energised made me laugh.

By: aRafaelite

aRafaelite — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 08:30:57 +0000

How about calling it The Strudles and combining (gluten-rich) European pastries and tennis?! ;-)

By: Kathy

Kathy — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 06:56:36 +0000

Love that he did not allow them to rope him in on the ATP calendar debacle. He had enough of that and was attacked in the press for his views. He resigned from the council and is putting his energy into his tennis, smart boy. So glad he is going home to enjoy the sea and his family. He deserves a break.

By: Nana

Nana — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 05:50:38 +0000

When I’m rich I’m gonna organise an exo called the Noodles and invite everyone ;P

By: Susanna728

Susanna728 — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 05:19:03 +0000

“Didn’t have that energy to change to the situation” – excellent way of putting it. When things aren’t going your way, it takes a lot of mention and physical energy to change the flow.

I could see it in his face in the third set. Adrenaline rush from RG gone. Fatigue finally setting in and, as Rafa pointed out, Kohlschreiber was playing great. Very comfortable in Halle – won last year. And don’t forget he has pushed Rafa in matches before. (In fact I sometimes wonder why he hasn’t won more titles.) In any event, you could kind of see it in Rafa’s eyes after a certain point that he just wasn’t going to push it any more. That’s cool. The boy knows what he’s doing.

By: jodiecate

jodiecate — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 05:10:02 +0000

“Didn’t have that energy to change to the situation” i’m glad he put it that way, that’s exactly what it looked like while it was happening. The return of serve was coming back to him so quickly that he often wasn’t where he needed to be to make good use of the return.

That started to change before the end – he was blocking them back much better, but then he lost it a bit and match was over. He had started to get a feel for the court too, late first & early second sets – but lost that as well. And that’s when you could see how tired he was. Kind of like trying to learn a foreign language, he could pick bits up here and there – but Philipp was relentless and he didn’t have the head space for the task.

I was hoping Kohlschreiber would tighten up serving for the match so Rafa could get back in. But no such luck. Well good luck/bad luck who knows? Having a rest for a few days sounds pretty nice. Rest up Rafa!!