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20Aug/12Off

Raonic into the top 16 in ATP rankings, means he avoids top-16 opponents for first 3 rounds

The new rankings are in:

It was close... he's 10 points ahead of Gilles Simon and 5 points behind the Dolgo.  Raonic is in the top-16, which is quite a good place to be 2 weeks before a grandslam tournament.  Since the "seeds will be based on the August 20 rankings" (link), Raonic will not have to face anyone seeded within the top 16 until the 4th round (R16) of the US Open.  There will be a top-8 player in Raonic's section of the draw that would be his 4th round opponent should they win their matches in the first three rounds.  If that particular top-8 player doesn't make it to the 4th round, even the 4th round opponent will be outside the top-16.

for the record, 17th would have been fine (which is where Milos would be had Simon not lost early in Cincinnati) since at least Raphael Nadal has indicated he won't be playing in the US Open, freeing up his seeding position and bumping those below him up 1...

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  1. Draw is out; Milos is in the second quarter, with Murray. His “on paper” path to R16: (with ATP rankings)
    1. S. Giraldo (47) 2. I. Andreev (97) 3. M. Granollers (25) 4. A. Murray (4)

    Not bad, overall: a “par” performance will take Milos to R16, for 180 points, and a probable ATP ranking of 15. If he can get past Andy Murray, he’ll meet Roger Federer, which of course we would all love to see.

    • Um slight correction…it is true that now since Milos is seeded 16 he wont face a top 16 player until the 4rth round…BUT (and i knew that even before the draw has been released) he would 100% face one of the top 4 players (in this case Federer, Djokovic, Murray, or Ferrer) because hes in the upper 10’s. However if he was ranked 9-12, or 13 in this case (since Nadal isn’t playing) then he would have faced the other top 8 players, who are ranked 5-8 (9).

  2. This is awesome! It has been a joy to watch Milos develop in his tennis career. I look forward to seeing him take advantage of his seeding in the US Open here but also looking to next year. We can finally say goodbye to all those ugly draws!(No more Roger in the 2nd round!). Thanks for this website! I enjoy all your posts. Keep up the good work!


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