Fed has a shot at wimby just he has to avoid big servers. His return is kindly said awful, even Roddick looks like danger for him at moment. Has better shot of beating Nole and Rafa than Berdych or Tsonga in QF.
Disappointing from Raonic towards the end of the match. He got into a return game but found the net with a FH in a strong position and then a slice into the net to lose the game. Didn't do much better in the breaker either.
Raonic's serve is certainly a huge weapon which makes him dangerous on grass but he doesn't have a lot else to back it up. Only winning 17% on 2nd serve is proof of that. Even when Fed dropped the 1st set, you never thought he was in any danger of losing the match.
I'm sure most players will want to avoid him at Wimbledon because of his serve but you also have to assume a good player who can get a read on it and expose his poor movement will be able to handle him.
As much as I want the young players to do well, it's really hard to root for Raonic. He has a horrible game and he's boring to watch.
Game went exactly as predicted. Raonic had a monster serve and it still wasn't enough. It's enough for one set, no more. That said, his serving in the 3rd set, up to the TB was absolutely flawless, Fed could barely get a point off Raonic's serve, but you can't beat a guy like Fed with nothing but serves.
Fed breaks a 4 tie-break lost streak, which is very important before Wimbledon because tie-breaks often go by streaks and very seldom does he have such bad tie-break streaks.
His game was encouraging even though the serve was not as great as the score lets people think.
I haven't seen him play that well in Halle for several years.
Before grass season, I was less optimistic about Raonic's abilities on grass than many people : I saw today what I thought, that he's more comfortable with high balls from the baseline than with low balls.
That said his serve is impressive and in Wimbledon second week the bounce will be better for him.
Better not draw him in R16
Fed breaks a 4 tie-break lost streak, which is very important before Wimbledon because tie-breaks often go by streaks and very seldom does he have such bad tie-break streaks.
Also wins his first tie-break against Raonic after 2 tie-breaks lost.
His game was encouraging even though the serve was not as great as the score lets people think.
I haven't seen him play that well in Halle for several years.
Before grass season, I was less optimistic about Raonic's abilities on grass than many people : I saw today what I thought, that he's more comfortable with high balls from the baseline than with low balls.
That said his serve is impressive and in Wimbledon second week the bounce will be better for him.
Better not draw him in R16
Federer only had break points in one game, the one where he broke.
As close to an all-serve festival as it gets. Raonic's poor returning and ground game, even more in comparison to Federer's, made the difference. You can't beat a top player by only getting 17% of points off second serve returns, it's just not possible.
Fed is indeed very good. But beating a player with only one big weapon is hardly evidence of his greatness. Didn't Hewitt do the same in Australia, albeit in slower conditions?
Hopefully Raonic will be a top player one day, but that day hasn't arrived yet. His serve always makes him a threat, but you can't be one of the world's best with just that, he still needs to iron out his return and ground game.
So you say that Raonic is to Fed what Fed was to Sampras? just no! Federer and Sampras are in the other galaxy if compared to players like Raonic. Raonic will never be in their league! just too clumsy and...well you know
Well done Rogi. As for Milos, 1 set is not enough indeed . I hope he can take at least 3 against one of the other top 3 at SW19.
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