Rafa lost to Juan Martin del Potro on Friday night with a 6-7, 1-6 scoreline. It was a fairly even first set with Rafa even having a 5-2 lead in the breaker, but Del Potro hit an audacious lob and a couple of other good shots to level the score before taking it 7-5.
Rafa quickly lost his opening service game of the second set and faded away. There were still lots of positives to be gained and I wouldn't have had expectations greater than the quarters at this tournament. What its meant is a time to re-group, re-assess and another couple of days off before Cincinnati starts next week.
Sadly, following Saturday's matches and Murray progressing through to the final, Rafa has now also lost his number 2 ranking. An unfortunate by-product of the injury, but him coming back to form is the thing that counts most now.
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