Rafa Having Serve Problems?

[jimlosaltos]

Rafa is apparently having problems with his serve at the United Cup.

World feed image compares last AO toss in red to current in yellow.

Third hand, Jim Courier says Rafa still dealing with ab injury, can't bend as much and thus is going with the slice even more frequently. Yellow dots do seem clustered to his left.

I did not watch, just relating. Seems like a long time to be dealing with an abdominal pull. Or maybe he's just rusty.

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[stotty]

Sounds rusty:

“I need hours on court. I need battles like this. I didn’t play much official matches the last six months, almost seven,” said the 36-year-old Spaniard, who battled foot, rib and abdomen injuries last year. “I have two weeks before the Australian Open starts. I can't say that the situation is ideal but, at the same time, I can't say that it's very negative, because for moments I was playing good.”

His stats looked poor against Norrie but better against de Minaur. I didn't see either match.

[stroke]

I don't think we will really know how much Rafa has left until the FO comes around, or maybe Monte Carlo or Italian Open.