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Will Raonic win a grand slam in the future?

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#1 ·
He seems to be well focused and willing to learn, a very positive player as well. What if he can improve his groundstrokes and increase his first %?

Also, if you think that he might win- Which grand slam would it be?


My bet is USO in 4-5 years, not sure why- But I dont think he will ever be a wimbledon champion.
 
#66 ·
You people relise that Djokovic and Murray are only 3 years older than Raonic? And Delpo only 2 years? Raonic is allmost allways put in the group with Tomic, but the difference between them is as big as between Delpo and Raonic. Novak, Andy and Juan will be there long enough to own him until he gets past his peak and starts getting owned by the younger guys. He can maybe be a 1-slam-wonder, 2 slams MAX, but he has to get on a much higher level and I don't see how bcs he doesn't have good enough return game and is not improving it to avoid close sets and tbs, and when you play as much tight matches, you are bound to lose 1 in a few (7?)...
 
#73 ·
This.

People talk as if Raonic is 18/19. He is nearly 22, and yes he probably does still have his best years ahead of him, but his best achievements so far are slam 4th rounds and masters quarters. Nothing that special really.
 
#67 ·
Sadly yes. :sad: Would rather players like Nishikori, Dimitrov etc. stepped up as they're more likely to maintain people's interest in the game, than serve machines like Milos, but once the top 4 are out of the picture these younger kids will start winning...
 
#72 ·
Murray and Djokovic were winning MS at 21, and playing slam finals. He is only 3 year younger than these guys, and by 27-28 he will be washed up.
 
#75 ·
David Ferrer ranked outside top 50 at 22.

Tsonga ranked top 50 at 22.

Berdych ranked top 15 at 21.

Roger Federer raked inside top 15 most of 2002(21).

Milos Raonic ranked top 15(currently no 14) at 21.

Time will tell.:rolleyes: He will have a better career than Ferrer,Tsonga,Berdych for sure.
 
#77 ·
Imagine just Berdych with Milos´ s serve how scary it sounds and Berdych by himself has great serve, basically only FS% is what makes his serve look worse than it is, but he has great serve by himself, give Berdych Milos´s serve and he would be No.1.

Actually Milos has huge advantage in his height - he is generally as good server as Isner or Karlovic but but his height is ,,normal,, - Karlovic is maybe to tall for tennis player and he never had proper training, he was training just his serve i remember him once he said imagine if someone told me how to play BH he would be much better player, basically what Ivo achieved is by himself

Isner is still very tall probably for tennis player but instad of Karlovic he had good training, college training and see he is top 10, he has better ground game than Ivo

Now here is Milos as good server as those 2 tall guys but with ,,normal,, height, not limited by movement and with great training - training tennis for years - his couch is clay -courter that´s good some topspin safety on his shots + he can still generate amazing pace if hit it flat. So the height is actually big advantage here he has all advantages of Karlovic-Isner on serve- not the angles but basically he is as good server but he has no limitations like those guys being to tall for tennis. Really Berdych with Milo´s serve is really scary imagine - that can Milos be - probably he will never be as good as Berdych from baseline but if he just can be near as good imagine what a force he will be.
 
#84 ·
even though it's not true that claim that they're the worst ever doesn't support your opinion there. If they're the worst ever then wouldn't that mean he'd have a better chance because of lack of competition?
 
#85 ·
Not if he plays like this.

If he improves and they actually speed up Wimbledon or the US Open someday he might be able to serebot his way t a fluke grand slam, but right now he's a long way away from being a grand slam contender.


Has top 10 regular potential though.
 
#86 ·
In this era,he must improve his baseline game much more,hopefully to the level of Berdych's,if he ever want a seat in the elite club.:eek:
 
#89 ·
Just havnt seen where his game is complete enough to win a a slam. A big serve is expected these days, not that it will win you slam. Got a lot of work to do if it's gonna happen. Seems fairly unlikely.
Movement and footwork > huge serve. The current top 3 are impeccable movers, that's why they hold 33 slams between 3 of them. Serve is only a minor part of Nadal's and Djokovic's games.
 
#96 ·
He (like everyone else in the Universe) will win one before Mugray.
 
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