Yes. The draw looks a lot better now than it did a week ago, with Roger out and Rafa showing signs of weakness (although that's something which might have been a one-off). I'd not be at all surprised if Andy made a fourth AO Final, albeit he would need to be almost back to his very best, and hope Rafa's "blip" was more than just a bad day at the office.

With regret, Novak looks a country mile ahead of everyone else at the moment, and I simply can't see Andy (or anyone else) providing him with a serious challenge over 5 sets. I admire Novak's play, his athleticism, his attention to detail, and his outstanding matchplay, but there's something more "magical" about Roger, Rafa and Andy at times. Perhaps it's the efficiency of Novak's style that makes things simply look easier with less need for the spectacular. When Andy won the Olympics (probably even more than when he won Wimbledon), I felt he was similarly "efficient" - balance of attack and going forward perfectly matched to the level of risk, serve working brilliantly, patterns of play perfected, gameplans calculated well and executed even better - at the Olympics I go as far as saying that nobody else had a chance against him, playing that way, and in that sense we saw relatively few magical moments. Andy just won with ease.

He has it within him therefore, but Novak's a class apart at the moment. A Final would be a huge achievement.....and as we saw with Stan last year, once you're in the Final....anything can happen, however much against the odds.