If you didn’t think he was done a year ago, now it’s almost official. In his return to action, Coria was edged out in the first round of Vina Del Mar in 3 sets to an unknown player. Coria had a glorious chance to win a grand slam a few years back until he choked a 2 set to love lead to Gaudio, another serial choker. I almost feel bad for Coria as he was perhaps the second best clay courter after Nadal in 2004-2005 period before he got injured. Coria pushed Nadal in a bunch of matches and had a titanic 5 set encounter with him. But how the mighty has fallen. Coria is no longer a factor, and I wouldn’t be surprised if he retired by the end of the year. I hope I am wrong and he is back to his best by the French Open, but it seems to be a long shot at this point.