Milos Raonic Appreciation Thread

[Guest mr. potato head]

Holy shit, a good Canadian tennis player who won't desert us for Britain!

Milos Raonic is through to the final in Memphis, having beaten Mardy Fish in the semis. Last week he won in San Jose, and before that he went surprisingly deep at the Australian Open.

He's only 20 and still has some glaring holes in his game (aside from his serve, he's only shown flashes of brilliance) - but if he can work away and improve his defensive game before the tour figures out how to handle his serve, we could be looking at a real star in a couple years.

[Taxation is Theft]

>good Canadian tennis player

>only 20

>glaring holes in his game

>good

>holes in his game

wat?

Edited February 19, 2011 by stevesdashonirc

[sahyder1]

Great to see him be on this little run. Turned it on in the 3rd set. Would love to see him go head to head vs Roddick in the final.

[Pesci]

Holy shit, a good Canadian tennis player who won't desert us for Britain!

Rusedski was good?!

[Guest mr. potato head]

Holy shit, a good Canadian tennis player who won't desert us for Britain!

Rusedski was good?!

We have low standards

[Baddar]

I still love Greg.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Rusedski made World number 4 so he wasn't bad. Thing is, his best surface was hard court whereas the casual British fans generally only really care about Wimbledon. He was also TERRIBLE on the clay like a lot of the hard court guys were back in the day when there were far more clay specialists and hard specialists than even now.

[Pesci]

Thing is, his best surface was hard court whereas the casual British fans generally only really care about Wimbledon.

That's what I think will ultimately hurt Murray. I can see him winning the US or Australian Open, but until he wins Wimbledon he'll be seen as a failure.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

I reckon he'll get an Australian Open win at some point in the next few years.

[Hornswoggle4PM]

Finally, general tennis discussion!

He does look promising for someone so young, and has shown he has the stamina to play long matches too.

[Guest mr. potato head]

Milos now ranked #37, highest a Canadian has ever been in ATP singles rankings.

[Lineker]

So yeah, Djokovic is unstoppable, 39 straight wins now. I'll be amazed if he doesn't win the French Open and he could break the Federer/Nadal trend at Wimbledon at this rate.

[Starvinho]

Murray should have beat him on Saturday night, he served for the match but Djoko pulled through and won on a tie-breaker in the third. I'm just glad Murray made a good account of himself to be honest after the Aussie Open, but I think you're right I can't see anyone beating Djoko at the moment, he seems to have Nadal's number this year.

[Baddar]

Eh, Djok will lose come grass season, don't you worry.

[Hornswoggle4PM]

Forget this, didn't see the Roland Garros topic.

Edited May 27, 2011 by Hornswoggle4PM