What does your favorite player need to improve on in 2016?

[weakera]

Rafa's game can be analyzed inside and out but I will try to keep it simple:

1) Serve - simply put, he needs to serve better. We saw improvements in it later in the season but if he can't keep it over 110 he's going to have major problems on serve. Maybe try for a grip change, maybe a new racquet would help, which he may or may not be trying this offseason. Who knows why he can't come close to serving like it's 2010, but it is a serious problem.

2) Lost a lot of power in his ground strokes - again, came on a bit later in the season but watch the blasts he was hitting in 2013 and it's night and day between that and this season. Not nearly the same velocity or depth. Personally I don't think he has lost any strength, it was more a product of timing/foot speed/movement that plagued him this season in terms of his power shots not being there. Not impossible to re-capture this aspect of his game.

3) Confidence and health - Needs to build on his late season surge with a strong start to 2016. A fumble out of the gate could result in a huge setback mentally. Similarly needs to stay healthy as any kind of non-minor injury could seriously doom him forever given how long it took him last season to come around. He's not getting any younger.

 

[SpinToWin]

Converting break points and a well of youth would be a nice

 

[6august]

Fed: take it easy

Nole: stay hungry, stay foolish

 

[Big_Dangerous]

Fed:

I mean the only person besides himself that's standing in his way in Djokovic. I feel like he just doesn't always make the most of his opportunities against Djokovic. The U.S. Open being a prime example of a very close and competitive match in which he had 29 break point chances and only converted 4 of them. I feel like at times he can be a little too passive and back off when he should just be going nuclear to put the pressure on his opponent(s).

 

[oble]

Winding back Fed's age by 8 to 10 years would be nice.

 

[ArcspacE]

Rafa's game can be analyzed inside and out but I will try to keep it simple:

1) Serve - simply put, he needs to serve better. We saw improvements in it later in the season but if he can't keep it over 110 he's going to have major problems on serve. Maybe try for a grip change, maybe a new racquet would help, which he may or may not be trying this offseason. Who knows why he can't come close to serving like it's 2010, but it is a serious problem.

2) Lost a lot of power in his ground strokes - again, came on a bit later in the season but watch the blasts he was hitting in 2013 and it's night and day between that and this season. Not nearly the same velocity or depth. Personally I don't think he has lost any strength, it was more a product of timing/foot speed/movement that plagued him this season in terms of his power shots not being there. Not impossible to re-capture this aspect of his game.

3) Confidence and health - Needs to build on his late season surge with a strong start to 2016. A fumble out of the gate could result in a huge setback mentally. Similarly needs to stay healthy as any kind of non-minor injury could seriously doom him forever given how long it took him last season to come around. He's not getting any younger.

 

[Deleted member 307496]

Fed: Can't do anything, father time cannot be reversed.
Murray: Be more aggressive and go for his shots. Time won't stand still forever.