Raonic needs to make top 8 until Roland Garros in order to have a better draw and who knows. Hopefully he is back in action next month where he needs to defend 180 points and after a SF in IW. His best chance for now is to get top 9 seed and with Federer not playing Miami, Monte Carlo, and possibly Rome get a top 8 seed.
9-12 draws aren't that different than 5-8 seed draws. They draw each other in R4 so wouldn't have to face a top 4 player until the QF. Getting himself to 8 won't change that
The only thing it would accomplish is would get him to face a 9-12 guy instead of a 5-8 guy, but really Raonic is good enough to beat all those players anyway.
The big part was getting out of that 13-16 group to avoid top 4 until QF. Getting to 8 would be a minor step, but the next major draw improving step is top 4 so you won't need to face a top 4 guy until the semis.
Big step this year though so far. 970 points in 2 events to start, some points dropping off soon, especially IW, but after that he's in a great spot to zoom up the ranking.
Raonic has enough trouble beating Nadal on hardcourts - they've played 6 matches on hardcourt, Nadal won 5 (not including this year's Abu Dhabi exhibition that Nadal won in straight sets).
Nadal is a very declined player. Was just destroyed in the R1 by Verdasco, while him and his coach said he was at top form. He willl be a non-factor at RG, can pretty much lose to the likes of Ramos and Carreno Busta. Deal with it. :shrug:
LOL Botnic is only fit for one masters title in his career.
A mug who's accomplished absolute zilch in his career at 25, still considered a ''new face' and future of tennis' by his desperate fandom to keep him relevant. No one is the future at 25.
No. look, the guy struggles to beat nadal, even this version of him on a hard court .I cant in any scenario see him beating the guy on clay.
even looking past nadal there's djokovic, wawrinka and ferrer who i'd all rate above him on the surface.
he can go deep but he's not winning and the same goes for wimbledon. where i couldnt see him beating murray or federer in a final or at any stage for that matter. also put djokovic above him and tsonga and cilic as well if they were at their best
Raonic is a talented serve bot. Credit to beating Wawrinka at Australia, but at Roland Garros, servebots end up becoming punished, especially if that serve isn't at its best.
Not sure why botnic hired a grinder to be his coach. I guess JMac couldn't come soon enough.
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