Milos vs Isner, battle of the serve.
As John Isner mentioned last night, Milos is only 21, and shows amazing potential for his future career. If I had to guess why those few errors, unusual when Milos plays at his best, crept into the game enough to provide Isner with breaks and mini-breaks, I would say it is the pressure of the crowd, the hype in the stadium, the noise, cheers, etc. I'm sure it was a first for Milos, and as he said, nothing was as fun for him as playing in front of the crowd (via twitter). It was fun for us too!.
At times, on a drop shots or when serving double faults, he looked uneasy, or apprehensive, or somehow not his usual confident self. I noticed a couple of times that he got fired up after some good shots, and then a couple of errors came and his shoulders drooped again. Either was, it was very impressive condsidering the pressure and hype he must have felt, the furthest he's ever gone in a Masters (1000) at home.
Something else I noticed from the match was that, as expected, there were very few rallies. Both players looked shakey on the ralliesn since they probably had more baseline shots during the warm-up than the entire match. It most definitely was a battle of the serve, with no real chance for either player to get into a groove.
Good luck in Cincy!
--wacb
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August 13th, 2012 - 09:38
Cheers for Milos as, for the first time, he gets in the best 20 in ATP ranking, ATP 19 as a matter of fact. Go Milos !
August 13th, 2012 - 01:26
I agree so much expectation and pre game hype = pressure that Milos will handle better next time back home.
I expect MIlkos to make his move at Cincinnati then the US OPEN.
Hope I’m right.
August 13th, 2012 - 09:36
It is going to be hard for Milos at Cincinnati as he meets Gasquet in first round. Gasquet has just beaten Isner and has reached the final at Toronto. I hope Milos wins, but it is going to be tough.
August 14th, 2012 - 01:11
Gasquet is an awesome shot-maker and it was a treat to watch his and Philipp Kohlschreiber’s bachands in action here in Toronto last week. That said, I think Milos has the ability to beat Gasquet and that it’s likely that it’ll happen. I noticed that after going down a break, Gasquet’s body language changed and his confidence disappeared. During those first 6 games of the Toronto final, he looked like a player that could beat Djokovic, or at least put on a good show. Something happened to him after a few shots didn’t go where he wanted them to… he kind of shrunk away after that point. He was not running as hard as he had been during defence on the baseline, or up to the net for dropshots.
Gasquet is very talented and if he’s playing his best, we will be treated to a great first-round match tomorrow.
August 11th, 2012 - 19:09
Some quick thoughts on Isner/Raonic match as we wait in the rain here at #RogersCup Pics to follow when I'm home later http://t.co/LCdfQXeP
August 11th, 2012 - 15:21
Thanks for the report. Not much highlights on YT this time. Certainly playing at home was not all that easy for Milos with the pressure of the crowd, but I noticed also that Milos is not keen on playing big servers that have kind of his own game. He was defeated by Querrey at Newport and now by Isner who has a longest experience than he has. Milos has to work hard on his returns and volleys. He can’t be only a big server. When he will, nobody will stop him ! In Cincinnati, he will play Gasquet on first round. It won’t be all that easy.
August 11th, 2012 - 14:51
By the way, I wrote that post from the rain at the Rexall Centre today. When I get a chance to get back to my PC, I’ll be posting some picture from the match, if I had any that turned out to be good!