Adios to the red clay ...

This is a really charming video clip of Rafa's final practice at the Manacor Tennis Club, with some lovely shots of the club and some nice inter-action between Rafa and Maymo. There's Maymo helping to protect those little fingers of Rafa's, some work on the knees ... and how does Rafa reciprocate all of this?

... by kicking a tennis ball right at Maymo and then laughing his head off at the result.

The infamous blue clay does make a very brief appearance, but Rafa's said he's a bit fed up of talking about it now. Its time to just practice it on it ...