Didn't he just. I wish they did stats on how many slice backhands players made. It was as if Rafa forgot he could hit it to handed and with a bit more grunt.
I think he'll be looking back with great disappointment. He looked distraught in his interviews and very disappointed in how he played but still was humble as ever and tried to deflect all that in congratulating Novak.
Credit to Novak for that though, the way he started just seemed to make Rafa go in to a shell.
To the US Open we go.
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