Who was nervoos ... ???

*puts hand up*

But although that first set went via a loose volley and a nervy double fault, somehow I didn't quite have that feeling that [insert player name here] was having "... the match of his life!!".  Do you know what I mean?

I think we are so tarnished by what has happened these past two years that we are scared half to death and maybe have lost a little faith in how good Rafa is at working things out and finding a way.  "Will", "determination" and a heap load of other great adjectives were levelled at Rafa by John McEnroe - who commentated on his match for the BBC today. I know he can be over the top, but to have him and Peter Fleming as the double act for us in the UK just took me back to my youth and I loved it. And I loved the genuine affection the two still hold for each other. *sighs*

But back to Rafa ...

Well, to be honest, I don't have too much to say really. He got through it, he did enough ... and doing enough is good enough right now.

OK, I admit it. I'm holding off having to mention that his next opponent in the second round is that asshole Ashol. It's just a pity that we're going to have endure that twonk on the same court as Rafa and worse still, the pathetic media hype that started before Rafa had even actually won today. 

I'm going to hibernate for the next couple of days ... ;)