Cincinnati SF - Federer v. Raonic

[NADAL2005RG]

Raonic has learned a bit of net game, to be fair.

The bigger issue is how the hell is this guy a Top 10 player? It shows how much the game has declined in recent years.

Raonic is a poor-man's Rusedski.

 

[NADAL2005RG]

Weird to see Edberg in party mode. No squinting tonight.....

 

[atttomole]

Seriously. I thought Raonic's game is improving, but he looked one-dimensional, like Karlovic, in the first set

 

[golds girl]

Raonic is so terrible. What a disgrace that he is even in the Top 30.

Maybe a little more respect for the only guy that made all the quarters or better in every Masters 1000 this year?

That is a reflection of the state of pro tennis right now. The game is not what it was 5-10 years ago except for the Top 4.

Roddick was the big server of Federer's generation and do you ever recall him looking this unathletic?

Milos is much taller, no? It is not easy for guys like him to run a round like rabbits. He has improved somewhat in that regard but there is a ceiling there...

Delpo and Tsonga are tall but they can still move. Raonic has pigeon toes and he is a photograph of emasculation. I personally can't get past the haircut. It is unthinkable that an athlete in this day and age would sport that.

Well maybe now that he's in the Top 10, he can hire a stylist. Maybe a mohawk might toughen him up a bit. But back to the tennis, you have to admit he's improved from what you saw say two years ago ( and this is coming from someone who isn't a fan)

 

[Moxie]

Raonic has learned a bit of net game, to be fair.

The bigger issue is how the hell is this guy a Top 10 player? It shows how much the game has declined in recent years.

He's got a big serve, he's tall and consistent. Like Isner, who has also been top 10. They win matches. In what way would you describe this as a "decline?" I'm just curious, sincerely. Big man tennis has been coming for quite some time.

EDIT: Reading the above…I have to agree about the hairstyle. LOL.

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

milos has a gerbil in his head.

 

[Moxie]

milos has a gerbil in his head.

Actually, I think he looks like an illustration from a 1950s boy scout manual.

 

[britbox]

Super shaky start for Milos

How could you have expected anything different? The guy can't hit on the run. He is a lumbering, awkward 6-7 tennis doofus.

Add to that that the guy wears freaking New Balance clothes!!!!!! Lol. The clothing brand of 60-year-olds. Combine that with a Saved by the Bell haircut and you have a monstrosity of a tennis player.

:lolz:

 

[Murat Baslamisli]

milos has a gerbil in his head.

Actually, I think he looks like an illustration from a 1950s boy scout manual.

I was thinking more like a character from Norman Rockwell paintings...

 

[NADAL2005RG]

Raonic is all over Federer like a moderately bad rash in this set.

 

[Murat Baslamisli]

Much better second set from Milos so far.

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

Raonic is so terrible. What a disgrace that he is even in the Top 30.

Maybe a little more respect for the only guy that made all the quarters or better in every Masters 1000 this year?

That is a reflection of the state of pro tennis right now. The game is not what it was 5-10 years ago except for the Top 4.

Roddick was the big server of Federer's generation and do you ever recall him looking this unathletic?

Milos is much taller, no? It is not easy for guys like him to run a round like rabbits. He has improved somewhat in that regard but there is a ceiling there...

He is just having a bad first set, it happens.
Roger is having a better day than he did yesterday.

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

milos is a good balloon in reverse.

 

[NADAL2005RG]

Milos was in a Seinfeld episode.

 

[Murat Baslamisli]

Ok, just because you are on kiss-cam doesn't mean you have to shove your tongue down her throat...Jeeez...

 

[Murat Baslamisli]

Milos was in a Seinfeld episode.

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUaMzsNKR7Q[/video]

 

[NADAL2005RG]

Incredible how in the 1st set Federer won 3 times as many games as Raonic (6-2), while in the 2nd set they've won the same number of games each (2-2).

 

[Murat Baslamisli]

Very nice point from Milos...great angles.

 

[Murat Baslamisli]

Milos is starting to find his rhythm and range . Might get interesting if MIlos keeps holding comfortably.

 

[mrzz]

Games? Right now Federer has won infinitely more many sets than Raonic.