2014 Wimbledon Semi: Raonic v Federer

[Murat Baslamisli]

Nole lost a bunch of finals in the last couple of years, but none against Roger. this is 0-0.

 

[TennisFanatic7]

Classy win from Roger, can't ask for more than that. Rooting for him on Sunday and I think he has a great chance if he brings this performance level with him.

 

[Front242]

Roger's lost 1 set and 1 service game all tournament.

 

[Kieran]

Roger's lost 1 set and 1 service game all tournament.

That's scary.

Favourite in the final, right?

 

[crystalfire]

^hes also gonna play the best returner in game.

 

[Front242]

Roger's lost 1 set and 1 service game all tournament.

That's scary.

Favourite in the final, right?

Definitely imo given Novak's dodgy play last few years. That and Roger's better and more natural on grass by a long way even at almost 33 years old. Djokovic's balance is poor on the grass and he was sliding all over the place today. So was Dimitrov to be fair but compare that to Roger who barely slipped at all. That'll count for a lot I reckon with the shots Roger will play making Novak stretch and fall more.

 

[DarthFed]

Yea I have a feeling Roger will get broken a few times on Sunday but he should get a few of his own.

 

[Haelfix]

Honestly, I was dissappointed in Raonic's play. He just didn't seem mentally quite there. He made tactical errors on his serve throughout the match, and didn't even bother to try different things.

Roger didn't even have to play much from the baseline, his block back return reappeared after a few years hiatus and won it for him.

A bit of a strange match honestly, it looked more like a practise exhibition than a semi at wimbledon.

 

[crystalfire]

Honestly, I was dissappointed in Raonic's play. He just didn't seem mentally quite there. He made tactical errors on his serve throughout the match, and didn't even bother to try different things.

Roger didn't even have to play much from the baseline, his block back return reappeared after a few years hiatus and won it for him.

A bit of a strange match honestly, it looked more like a practise exhibition than a semi at wimbledon.

samee i thought raonic had improved but all he did today was serve well and hit couple good forehands. his backhand sucked and mentally didnt seem to try at all. if hes the future #1 god help us. dimitrov played much better imo.

 

[pavlik89]

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[TennisFanatic7]

Raonic will not be a future number one with performances like today. He never believed he could win this match. In five years time, when the likes of Djokovic, Nadal and Murray will almost certainly be fading from the top of the game, Dimitrov is the man who will be taking up the mantle in my opinion, although I will try not to base my opinion too heavily on what we've seen at Wimbledon this fortnight, and bear in mind that Raonic has pretty much always been ranked ahead of Grig when they are the same age.

It is interesting to compare Grigor with Milos. Dimitrov seems to be improving on all fronts, building a "jack of all trades" skill set where he has a good serve, forehand, backhand and athleticism, the one thing I feel he could improve on significantly is his return game. On the other hand, Raonic seems to concentrate on maximising his strengths, the serve and the forehand, more than he already has, while neglecting (to an extent) his weaknesses, the return, the backhand and the defensive side of his game. He/his team seems to want to improve these weaknesses to a bare minimum "functional" level and concentrate on getting him the best serve, forehand and net skills of his counterparts.

 

[TsarMatt]

Very subdued match. Federer played well and fully deserved the win in straight sets, but Milos never seemed to 'step it up' or try anything different.

 

[markus1]

6-4 6-4 6-4 nice score It looked like as easy task for Fed, I hope he will do as good in the final