Extend it as long as is humanly possible to include titles that matter? Duh!!!!!! But for that to happen he will have to make some 'instant gratification' sacrifices.
Forget about the No. 1 rank that mandates winning everything in sight. Instead play just enough to keep the golden goose alive with respect to form and endurance so the run can cover as many Slams as possible. Everybody knows this current run has an end but if it can be delayed by manipulating the schedule so more Slams are covered in it's sway, thereby making it really really really count in the big scheme of things, it would be called milking it to the last drop.
If not, this could be just another meaningless 'flash in the pan' run similar to the ones precedent it. With outside factors appearing just in the form of a defeated Nadal in the foreseeable future, all you have to now take care of what's inside the cardboard box.
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