Rafa defeated Gulbis 6-3 3-6 6-4 but was seriously tested by Ernest Gulbis is the kind of player the future of tennis will have given how tall players that are coming more often are.He served way too many free points for my liking especially on a clay court..which is odd.

I didn't like Rafa body language today. Maybe it was just me being very nervous and imagining things, but I just thought he was thinking about something else. His mind seemed out of the game & just an edge to him & we all know he cannot play without the "colm"/


Maybe the blister, I don't know. I think he made many mistakes. I remember more than once when he had 30-00 and made mistakes, turning the game complicated. I don't know, something just didn't feel good. Maybe just a bad day. But when it mattered Rafa turned it on..Luckily he will play Daveed, where I personally think all the other Spaniards bow to his majesty... Good Luck & some pics for now..