Good points, all. I’m fine with being skeptical. Also, to be fair to Rafa, a lot of the speculation around him is based on his body type, too. It’s easy to explain away these questions for your favorites.

So, she chokes at the US Open in the semis playing a nobody and loses to a heavy underdog at the Australian Open and in between she wins ‘SI sportsperson of the year’. I wonder what a guy like Usain Bolt with his 3 gold medals from the 2015 IAAF world championship would have to say about that!