{"id":1228,"date":"2015-04-12T07:42:45","date_gmt":"2015-04-12T07:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mariabueno.org\/indextemp.php\/?p=1228"},"modified":"2015-04-14T07:49:48","modified_gmt":"2015-04-14T07:49:48","slug":"the-miami-masters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mariabueno.org\/indextemp.php\/the-miami-masters\/","title":{"rendered":"The Miami Masters"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Maria<\/a>

Maria relaxing in Rio<\/p><\/div>\n

Covering the Masters in Miami<\/h2>\n

Maria flew to Rio de Janeiro to cover the Miami Masters last week, working out of the TV Globo studios.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s actually a pretty nice place to work,\u201d laughed Maria, showing off a picture of the view from her hotel room.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s really nice to catch up with friends and to walk on the beach before the tennis starts.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>

The spectacular view from the Windsor Bara Hotel in Rio de Janeiro<\/p><\/div>\n

Concern for Rafa<\/h3>\n

\u201cAnd it was an interesting tournament, with Rafa [Nadal] beaten in the third round by Fernando Verdasco [6-4 2-6 6-3] and [Novak] Djokovic dropping a very tight first set to [Alexandr] Dolgopolov in the fourth,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor a set and a half Djokovic looked to be in real trouble but rather like he did against [Andy] Murray in the final, he found a higher level and stormed through without dropping a game in the third set.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe admitted it was a mental struggle for him but he once again showed why he is the world number one!<\/p>\n

\u201cPerhaps of more concern were Rafa\u2019s remarks after his loss when he said that he had lost his confidence in tight situations in matches. He seems to be fine now, free from his injuries, but to publicly admit to having lost his mental strength was a strange thing to do in my opinion.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is good that players are honest, and very interesting for the fans, but when you are at the top of the game, there are things that you need to keep to yourself or you hand an advantage to your opponents.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will have to see how he does when he gets back onto the clay but there is much pressure for him there too because he has so many points to defend.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe has now dropped to number five in the world so the seedings can hurt him, much as Murray found when he came back from his back surgery.\u201d<\/p>\n