"I believe Rafa 2010 had something more special than Rafa 2011 ..."

Rafa has given his Shanghai pre-tournament presser, and as is usual, is nothing other than honest. You can read it in full here.

Some stand our quotes for me ...

"Winning or losing depends on very, very, very small things. And probably these very, very small things I did a little bit better in 2010 than 2011. It is hard to win big matches. I lost a lot of finals this year. This year I lost 7 out of 10."

"The only thing that is going through my mind now is I have enough illusion to keep practising hard, enough motivation to keep trying my best and to keep finding solutions to be a better player for next year."

"Djokovic this year already won a lot of tournaments, three Grand Slams, he didn't lose matches. I don't believe that he changed his game unbelievably. He did a few small things better than a few years ago and that's why his big success this year. That's what I am going to try."

Just do your best for the rest of the season, Rafa. All to play for again next year.