Like many Canadians, I'm a huge fan of Milos Raonic and am grateful for the excitement he has brought to Canadian tennis. Also, like many Canadians, I find myself getting impatient for him to make greater inroads in tournaments and in the rankings, even though he's already had some incrdible wins and his game is improving all the time.
I checked the rankings of all of the players currently ranked higher than Milos when they were his age (approx. 21 years, 1.5 months) and I found some interesting things.
Current rank, name, rank at age 21 y, 1.5 m
27, Stan Wawrinka, 56
26, Marcel Granollers, 162
25, Juan Ignacio Chela, 56
24, Fernando Verdasco, 36
23, Marin Cilic, 14
22, Viktor Troicki, 172
21, Florian Mayer, 35
20, Kei Nishikori, 68
19, Andy Roddick, 2
18, Alexandr Dolgopolov Jr, 131
17, John Isner, 959
16, Richard Gasquet, 8
15, Felician Lopez, 62
14, Robin Soderling, 62
13, Gael Monfils, 41
12, Gilles Simon, 80
11, Nicolas Almagro, 38
10, Juan Martin Del Potro, 5
9, Janko Tipsarevic, 115
8, Mardy Fish, 67
7, Tomas Berdych, 10
6, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 262
5, David Ferrer, 61
4, Andy Murray, 11
3, Roger Federer, 13
2, Rafael Nadal, 2
1, Novak Djokovic, 3
Any thoughts? I think when Milos improves his return and backhand, he'll be a force to be reckoned with. What do you think?
I checked the rankings of all of the players currently ranked higher than Milos when they were his age (approx. 21 years, 1.5 months) and I found some interesting things.
Current rank, name, rank at age 21 y, 1.5 m
27, Stan Wawrinka, 56
26, Marcel Granollers, 162
25, Juan Ignacio Chela, 56
24, Fernando Verdasco, 36
23, Marin Cilic, 14
22, Viktor Troicki, 172
21, Florian Mayer, 35
20, Kei Nishikori, 68
19, Andy Roddick, 2
18, Alexandr Dolgopolov Jr, 131
17, John Isner, 959
16, Richard Gasquet, 8
15, Felician Lopez, 62
14, Robin Soderling, 62
13, Gael Monfils, 41
12, Gilles Simon, 80
11, Nicolas Almagro, 38
10, Juan Martin Del Potro, 5
9, Janko Tipsarevic, 115
8, Mardy Fish, 67
7, Tomas Berdych, 10
6, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 262
5, David Ferrer, 61
4, Andy Murray, 11
3, Roger Federer, 13
2, Rafael Nadal, 2
1, Novak Djokovic, 3
Any thoughts? I think when Milos improves his return and backhand, he'll be a force to be reckoned with. What do you think?