Milos Raonic: ATP Newcomer of the Year
Canadian Milos Raonic has been named the ATP Tour's Newcomer of the Year. This award is voted on by fellow players, so Milos has garnered much recognition from his peers this season. It usually goes to the player who has moved up the most in the rankings during the year. Raonic began the season ranked No. 156 in the world and reached a career-high ranking of No. 25 in May. This made Raonic the highest ranked singles player in Canadian history. He was also the first Canadian to win an ATP tour title in 16 years when he won San Jose back in February. He followed that victory up by making the finals in Memphis the very next week. Milos his a rough patch when he was injured during Wimbledon and had to undergo surgery, but continued to show promising results after making his comeback.
The news comes just days after Milos played an exhibition match with his idol Pete Sampras, who won 14 major Grand Slam titles in his historic career. Raonic defeated Sampras in straight sets, with Sampras keeping things close in the first set only to be blown out in the second. After the match, the tennis legend confirmed what we've always known about Raonic's serve: it's "a weapon". Sampras went on to say that "[Milos] serves harder than Andre [Agassi] does … when he can serve 135, 140 mph on the line and really pick your spots, that’s a pretty good weapon to have. So he’s on his way." Read more about 'The Face Off' here.
That's a resounding endorsement coming from Sampras, especially now that Raonic has been recognized as the ATP Tour Newcomer of the Year. It's a good time to be a Canadian tennis fan!
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December 24th, 2011 - 10:20
A merry Christmas and happy New Year to all those who run that blog ! Let’s hope Milos will reach his goal to be in the ATP 10 this coming year. Chennaï coming soon now. He should do well !
January 2nd, 2012 - 17:39
Thanks Robert – Looking forward to another great season… The site will soon be 1 year old, and I must say it’s been a fun endeavour!
November 21st, 2011 - 05:43
Milos Raonic seemed so delighted to meet his most admired tennis champion, Pete Sampras, and also performing in front of his home fellow country people. So happy for him and you all. I thought Pete Sampras’ remarks were very wise : Raonic’s serve is a tremendous weapon, but he needs to improve all the other parts of the game and get experience. “Don’t put too much pressure on the kid” ! So true, we must give him time, as he has the potential for winning one day Wimbledon or the US Open. May I add that time passing on, he will get increasingly fans from all over the world ? Hedoesn’t belong exckusively to Canadians, though of course Canada is his home country. Sampras handed him also a legacy, so much in line with Milos’abilities and will : to keep offensive tennis alive, especially serve and volley, sometimes put aside by nowadays players.
By the way, how many are we on this blog and from how many countries ? Is Milos aware of the existence of this blog ? We are really part of his numerous fans, aren’t we ? Good off season and good training for Milos in Barcelona !