French Open Draw « Milos Raonic

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French Open Draw

MILOS UPDATE: Raonic is up third on Court 17 against Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo on Monday. Since this is not a TV show court, there will be no way to watch the match live, streamed or otherwise.

The draw for Roland Garros has been released and we know who Milos Raonic will be facing in the first round: Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo (ESP). He is currently ranked No. 73 in the world and has only played in clay court tournaments all year. Raonic has never faced Ramirez Hidalgo, whose latest result was a first round loss a couple of weeks ago in Bordeaux, France.

Milos could either meet Jesse Levine (USA) or Benjamin Becker (GER) in the second round. The first seed Milos could face should he get through the early rounds is Juan Monaco (13). Raonic is in Rafael Nadal's quarter of the draw, who is seeded No.2. They could meet in the fourth round, but a lot would have to go right for that to happen. Andy Murray is also in the same half as Nadal and Raonic.

Frank Dancevic and Vasek Pospisil are both in the main draw and will face Martin Klizan (SVK) and Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) respectively. They are in the opposite half of the draw with Djokovic and Federer.

On the Women's side, Stephanie Dubois will face Shahar Peer (ISR) in the first round, and Aleksandra Wozniak is still waiting for her opponent to be decided in qualifying. Heidi El Tabakh has also qualified for the main draw, making it a total of 6 Canadians in the hunt for the major singles title.

In Canada, TSN (and TSN2) will have complete coverage of the French Open starting on Sunday at 5:00 AM EST. You can find the full TV Schedule here. Since TSN will (most likely) be presenting the ESPN feed, it's hard to say if we'll get to see Raonic at all in the early rounds. Though it is possible TSN.ca could provide a live stream for Raonic's match and other matches involving Canadians.

-multi

EDIT: Vasek Pospisil takes to the court in the morning versus Roger-Vasselin at approx 6:30 EST. It is a televised court (court 2) but I'm not sure if TSN will carry many (or any?) of the extra streams online at TSN.ca as ESPN does (if not, google "tennis live streaming"). The unfortunate part is that we're stuck with those brutal American commentators again (I just watched an ESPN "preview" on TSN's website where the guy pronounced Djokovic's name wrong over and over again, but then again, he's only #1 in the world - I'd hate to hear them try to pronounce Milos' name!). --wacb

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Gita Gunn
June 2nd, 2012 - 12:25

A on your current ranking. Great going. I am currently watching your game. Need to have some more life in you. Body language is poor. When you win some good shots,show some excitement.

Need to play more at the net. You have huge serve, however, in order to win serve, need to play more at the net especially with the seasoned clay court player.

You have pretty good foot work for a tall person. Take advantage of being more aggressive.

Good luck

Gita
Tomaso
May 28th, 2012 - 15:00

Milos won over Hidalgo in straight sets — we followed it via “live scores”. Milos’ first serve was finding its target only 50% of the time, but was effective (84%) when in, and backed up well by second serve (63%). Unforced errors 34, but more than balanced by 47 winners, indicating a good aggressive approach for Milos, which can only pay off long term, as errors turn into winners. Receiving points 42%, compared to Hidalgo’s 26%; so Milos “did the job” on service game even with first serve not working particularly well; but won he the match with his return game, which I think indicates real progress in building a balanced game. Particularly impressive in that regard: 17 points won out of 19 approaches to net.
Next up will be Jesse Levine (ATP#131) — born in Canada, moved to USA at 13; has not had a particularly good year. Should be an easier match for Milos, especially if he can get his serve back on track.
wacb
May 27th, 2012 - 01:31

Added the part about Vasek in the morning. Will be good to watch if we’re up early to see it!
Tomaso
May 26th, 2012 - 19:06

The May 28 rankings are out (two days early) with Milos at 20. Also, Milos has only 10 RG points to defend from last year, while the next two lower guys (Gasquet and Wawrinka) both have 180. Next is Cilic, with only 10 points to defend, but he’s 80 points down from Milos. In the other direction, Dolgopolov has 90 to defend, but is 205 points up, and a draw no worse than Milos’. Good chance, though, for Milos to stay top-20 from here on in, and top-16 within striking distance!
- Tomaso
  May 26th, 2012 - 22:10
  
  Change?? I look again, and Milos is back at 22! Don’t know what happened in the last 3 hours.
  - wacb
    May 27th, 2012 - 01:09
    
    Having a look now and 22 makes sense… not sure where the 20 ranking comes from…
    
    Also having a look at the points for the top 3. It will be interesting to see what happens with Djokovic. He’s only defending a semi-final result and even if he loses in the first round, Rafa or Roger can’t catch them regardless of how well they do.
    
    Roger and Rafa are still pretty close, only 270 points apart. I am hoping for the same semi-final match-ups as last year (top 4) with a Rafa-Roger repeat Final, just with a different Champion this time!
    - GG
      May 27th, 2012 - 13:15
      
      Milos is ranked 20th once the 2011 French Open results are omitted. Both Wawrinka and Gasquet lose 180 points so Milos passes them. Then again, things will change after the next two weeks…
      
      See: http://live-tennis.eu/
      - Tomaso
        May 27th, 2012 - 14:27
        
        Thanks for the explanatin, GG; and for the Live-Tennis Rankings link.
Robert
May 26th, 2012 - 04:56

At first sight, Milos has a fairly good draw. He should win some points in ATP ranking which is good for the upcoming grass season. Playing against Monaco or, even better, Nadal is a good challenge and training, especially on clay. Now his first opponent, Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo from Spain should not be underestimated. What a strange guy he is, competing mostly challenges, once challenging not too badly Federer, but with no real achievments in his career, almost at the end of it now (he is 34). Milos doesn’t fancy so much that type of player, does he ? But I am confident ! I even see Milos beating Monaco (that was wounded not so long ago) and challenging Nadal. Now go Milos ! Cheers from France !