Honesty is the best policy right? So let's be honest with ourselves.
Are we really that surprised that James Blake lost...no.
Are we surprised that he lost in the first round...maybe.
That he lost in three sets...okay yes.
We didn't think he was going to win the French Open but losing in three sets and in the first round, what happened? Out of all the Americans he was probably the most promising to get the farthest, I mean the man can slide on a hard court so it shouldn't be too hard for him to figure out sliding on clay right? Of course we were proven wrong again, don't they get tired of proving us wrong in the worse way?
James Blake didn't play smart, a necessity on clay. Not only that but he gave up; the first two sets were close 8-6 in the first set tie breaker and 7-5 in the second set. However, the third set score was 6-2 not even close to the previous scores; if you are going to lose go down swinging, don't give up. Now, that really surprised me.
blake has got to be the most frustating player out there. he has got soooooo much talent yet he never seems to be able to match his talent with his brain. he never seems to be thinking out there on the court, and that is kinda strange when you figure that he went to harvard!!
ReplyDeleteit just goes to show that to play championship tennis it takes more than just good strokes!!