Yeah but to be fair Serena had luxury of doing that because wta tour was at one of its all time lowsIt is kind of following the Serena trajectory.
And what I mean is that Serena made a decision that she was only going to play the top tournaments and not worry about match time but it cost her dearly.
She would have great runs and then not get the title or she would be out at the start of the tournament.
I think he is definitely past his time. I mean all 3 defeats were quite embarrassing. And he hasn't played a good much this whole year. He said himself how hard is for him to adjust to clay last few seasons, and if he still hasn't even adjusted to hard courts, there is no hope for clay season.after he slaughtered Nadal in the Aussie finals that year- he lost in his first round of both Indian Wells and Miami- Novak has always had fluctuations, the question is, is it about the age/being past it this time or will he bounce back- we'll find out at the French/Wimbledon.
Like I said, defeat is not the problem, it happens, but not to out of top 100 lucky loser. That's just unacceptable for #1.