Yes, I was mislead by Andreev's solid performances and expected to much of him. In the meantime Djokovic stacked-up a few great matches, gained plenty of confidence and applied it against Andreev.
There were moments where the conditioning looked ready to falter but Novak's will was far greater than his failling body and in the third set over and over again he denied Andreev a chance to put a single foot into the match.
At times I felt for Andreev but, you as a professional tennis player are responsible for finding the solutions and turn matches around, in five sets you have the time to adapt and try several things. It is tough when you are having a bad day at the office, your bread and butter shot the forehand has deserted you (because your opponent is hitting early, hard, deep and the ball bounces too low to get under it as I wish) and your short game is failling you or you dare not to go to the net.
Anyway, will Novak be able to continue to step aggressively into the court and dominate Rafael Nadal the same way he did to others? Will he stay true to his game and not get into long cross court rallies and often spank his backhand up the line at forehands from Rafael? Or will Nadal prove to be too much as usual on his court yard?
King Nadal from Majorca is not happy with his loss to Roger Federer in Hamburg and if some of his inside rage is just a little of what he showed against his "friend" Moya yesterday, there is plenty for you to imagine what he is prepared to do to his enimies!
A final question is, how rubbery are Novak's legs after the great demands on his resources through the tournament? Lets hope not too rubbery or we will have a very short semi. On the other hand a long battle will leave a finalist with not much to give. So there we have it, can't have everything!
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