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Re: Tokyo F: Nishikori bagels Raonic 7-6(5) 3-6 6-0
What an incredible tournament for Kei, the bagel is icing on the cake.
A title was long overdue, but this is beyond awesome!
Good to see Raonic's friendly gesture in congratulating Kei at the net.
Hope he get his big moment soon.
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10-07-2012, 08:26 AM
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Re: Tokyo F: Nishikori bagels Raonic 7-6(5) 3-6 6-0
Kei was already my favourite of the young ones and this just confirmed it. Have someone to really root for when Nadal retires.  Seems like such a sweet guy and wow that backhand. There was a lot of expectation and pressure today and he rose to it. To think that not so long ago he was still Project 45 - top 10 here he comes!
A word for Milos - today doesn't take away his great win vs Murray - he'll obviously contend for big titles with that serve of his. Do think however that he is limited by the fact that he so often relies on tiebreaks - needs to improve that BH a lot more as his patterns of play become predictable. Still, future top 10 too and not too distant future either. |
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10-07-2012, 08:26 AM
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Re: Tokyo F: Nishikori bagels Raonic 7-6(5) 3-6 6-0
The Japanese crowd is so polite! They even wait for the English translation before they applaud!
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10-07-2012, 08:27 AM
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Kei was already my favourite of the young ones and this just confirmed it. Have someone to really root for when Nadal retires. Seems like such a sweet guy and wow that backhand. There was a lot of expectation and pressure today and he rose to it. To think that not so long ago he was still Project 47 - top 10 here he comes!
A word for Milos - today doesn't take away his great win vs Murray - he'll obviously contend for big titles with that serve of his. Do think however that he is limited by the fact that he so often relies on tiebreaks - needs to improve that BH a lot more as his patterns of play become predictable. Still, future top 10 too and not too distant future either. |
Same here, he's got something exciting that caught my imagination as well.
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10-07-2012, 08:28 AM
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Re: Tokyo F: Nishikori bagels Raonic 7-6(5) 3-6 6-0
If by some miracle Kei could qualify for the YEC, he'd be incredibly dangerous indoors. The way he takes the ball early and a reflects pace, he'd be really difficult for big hitters like Berdych, Tsonga and even Djokovic.
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10-07-2012, 08:28 AM
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The Japanese crowd is so polite! They even wait for the English translation before they applaud!
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10-07-2012, 08:29 AM
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Great day for Japanese sportsmen in Japan: Kobayashi gets the first podium of his career in F1 at Suzuka and less than an hour later Nishikori wins the title in Tokyo.
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Re: Tokyo F: Nishikori bagels Raonic 7-6(5) 3-6 6-0
Must admit I underestimated Kei before match, great play from him. He has so quick hands, remind me Kolya a bit. It`s really tough task to play in the same tempo with him from baseline. His backhand was stunning today.
As for Milos - he was under inner pressure from the 1st point. I never had a feeling he was playing freely today.
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Re: Tokyo F: Nishikori bagels Raonic 7-6(5) 3-6 6-0
Raonic is almost one dimensional in this match.
How on earth did Murray lose to him?
but Nishikori was on fire. His returns of serve was brilliant.
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10-07-2012, 08:30 AM
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Re: Tokyo F: Nishikori bagels Raonic 7-6(5) 3-6 6-0
Fun fact: 2nd consecutive 3rd set bagel for this tournament in the finals 
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Re: Tokyo F: Nishikori bagels Raonic 7-6(5) 3-6 6-0
Kei Well done winning a title in your home event.:cheer: |
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10-07-2012, 08:31 AM
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Re: Tokyo F: Nishikori bagels Raonic 7-6(5) 3-6 6-0
also, kei is a lovely guy with his fans
cant say the same about many atp top players
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