Raonic def. Fish « Milos Raonic

19Feb/11Off

Raonic def. Fish

Once again, Milos Raonic needed all three sets in his victory over Mardy Fish this afternoon, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3. Fish was able to steal the second set away by breaking Raonic's serve at 4-5. Mardy also got into Milos' serve early in the second set, but Raonic was able to save 3 consecutive break points from 0-40 down and eventually win the game. After the somewhat shaky second set, Raonic got an early break in the third and didn't let Fish back in the match.

It seemed that Fish's style of play, with frequent visits to the net, caused Milos some trouble at times during the match. Fish ran down a lot of balls and made a lot of nice volleys, but he wasn't able to get into too many of Raonic's service games. Not surprisingly, the serve was steady (and powerful) enough to keep most of Fish's advances at bay. Raonic managed to rack up 23 aces, bringing his winning streak to 7-0 for matches in which he's served 20+ aces this year.

Here are the stats from the match (captured from the ATP live scores ticker):

Raonic hasn't played a 2-set match since winning the title in San Jose last week. With all this tennis he's been playing, he probably feels like he's competing in a Major tournament. Who knows, that may just be a good thing when it comes to preparing for the physical and mental strains of 2-week long best-of-five set tournaments.

The second semi-final has yet to be played in Memphis, so it'll be a few more hours until we know who Raonic will face in the finals.

-multi