I totally love it when Rafa smacks this smug, arrogant bloke off the court. I suppose I shan't go into tomes as to why I don't like him, but I think its this overwhelming belief that he has that he is better than what he actually is, plus his habit of not pumping himself in certain points of the match ... but whipping up the crowd instead. That really grates. Oh, and they call Rafa's "time wasting" disrespectful.
Stats first. Rafa won the match 6-3, 6-2 with some deft and powerful tennis. He mixed the play up superbly. As always, Rafa faced break points on his service - 8 in total - but Tsonga converted none of them. Tsonga has two game plans ... 1. hit hard and 2. if (1) fails, hit harder. His incapacity to convert his chances was down to his own poor play, and just for good measure, he threw the "time between points" card in too. Sadly amongst the forums, "Rafa and the 25 second rule" is the sum total that people only care to talk about. No so with us. Is it still too early to dream that some fitness, form and now confidence is starting to come back? Let's see, and hope.
Rafa faces Andy Roddick in the semi-final.
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