djarvik wrote:Xavi, I saw Rafa practice yesterday. It doesn't look good. He was agitated. Mainly worked on his serve with Tony looked a bit mad at him
He was not happy with his serve and was shanking a few Forehands also.
Usually they would practice for an hour and then play a set. Nadal didn't. He practiced and then left without playing a set with Robredo.
Blake was the worst. He really looked below average. He practiced with Simon and left 15 min before the hour was up. Simon called one of his hitting partners in to finish the practice and no set was played either in this one.
Nalbandian and Almagro looked good. They were practicing with each other and it was a delight. Smiles all around, joking. Cleeeeeaaan hard hitting. The court was full of people cheering them on.
Berdych looked awesome. Damn. He didn't miss at all (hardly) and was destroying the ball. Very confident looking.
Ferrero was practicing with Djoker, later playing a set. Looked actually pretty good. But he will have to face the Chick (Dolgopolov). I got to see him hit first time.....man, I know now why this tiny guy wins. Watch out! He has god THE weirdest technique of all. Its bizarre really, but what impressed me the most, is how he can hit the 2 extremes Forehands. He can COMPLETELY flatten it out and he can top spin it with the best of them. Tons of variety and great hands.
From the girls I saw Safina, who looked terrible and looked like she wanted to just leave...... Ivanovich looked fine once the point started, but boy.....she could not get a serve in and that toss was way to the right and in front. Kia Kanepi lost like 20 lbs and looks sharp. Kuzi looked great as always at US Open. Stousur second serve was noticeably better then most men's out there yesterday
Nice insider report. I'm jealous.
Yep. In fact, my wife took a picture with him....so I will post that. He looked OK on the court. He was smiling, happy. I even got a few pics of him hitting a shot between the legs while facing the net. 
