Miami 1000 — Sony Open « Milos Raonic

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Miami 1000 — Sony Open

Looks like Nadal's withdrawn from Miami, so won't be on court again until the clay courts in Europe. Looks like he's mounting a comeback against delPo now... Was down a set and a break, now up a break in the 2nd set... Looks like we'll see a 3rd!

By the way, Nadal's withdrawal means Milos will be seeded in the top 16 for Miami, as Daniel noted in a comment on the previous post... Draw still to come, and this should mean his path to the quarters is a little less painful!

From Daniel:

Rafael Nadal has "Withdrawn" from Miami as expected.

So the Seeds are:

# 1 Nole # 2 Muzza # 3 Ferrer # 4 Berdych # 5 Delpo # 6 Tsonga # 7 Tipsarevic # 8 Gasquet

Milos will be seeded # 14

UPDATE - March 18: [From Daniel]

Milos got a pretty decent Draw in Miami:

1st Round BYE 2nd Round Winner of two Qualifiers 3rd Round Possible Winner of Querrey/Kubot Match Round of 16: Tomas Berdych

Reaching his Round of 16 Match should be doable. He did beat Berdych in Cincy last year. [...and if he gets past Berdych, it's Gasquet or Almagro, probably, in QF.]

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Update! (23 Mar, 1pm Eastern)

Looks like the Gasquet match is over on time, so the Radwanska match should start on time at 1pm Eastern on the Grandstand court. After this we have the Isner match, so we're probably going to see Milos at 4pm, 3:30pm Eastern at the earliest... Let's hope there's no rain or power outages in the mean time.

Coverage: There is a video feed from the Grandstand court today (yesterday there was not). This doesn't mean that this will be the feed SportsNet will show, but they should have the option. The Murray/Tomic match might still be on the Main Court, or the Venus Williams match might have started, so they could be showing that...

Update again: Aggy's match just got over, so Isner match just starting as we wait for Milos on Grandstand. Maybe 5:30pm EDT before it starts?

** FLASH ** Watch the match now [6:30pm Eastern] on Sportsnet.ca >> http://www.sportsnet.ca/sportsnet-live/ << Thanks Sportsnet!

Update: Milos wins rather easily, 6-2, 6-4. A relaxed and confident Milos is set to take on Sam Querrey in 3rd Rnd!

UPDATE - March 24:

Milos is scheduled to play Sam Querrey on Grandstand tomorrow, Monday, March 25th, not before 5pm EDT (after Berdych v Falla). There are 4 matches before that match, which begin at 11am, so it may be a little later. Hopefully Sportsnet ONE will carry the match.

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Daniel
March 26th, 2013 - 11:27

Milos had to withdraw from his 3rd Round Match against Sam Querrey in Miami because od sickness. That’s bad BUT Davis Cup against Italy is much more important at this stage.

The next two Matches are probably the biggest Matches of Milos’ entire Tennis Life. He can make HISTORY again should he lift Canada into the Davis Cup Semifinals.
- wacb
  March 26th, 2013 - 12:54
  
  Agree.
- Tomaso
  March 26th, 2013 - 15:03
  
  Good point, Daniel. At the Davis Cup the pressure on Milos will be huge: everyone will be counting on him to deliver two points; if (and only if) he can do that, Canada will still have to pull an upset somewhere to find a third point, and win a tie that “on paper” should go to Italy. A couple of links:
  
  http://www.sportsnet.ca/tennis/raonic-pulls-out-of-sony-open-due-to-fever/ — Milos’ withdrawal from Miami.
  
  http://www.tenniscanada.com/index.php?title=DAVIS-CUP-TEAMS-ANNOUNCED-FOR-CANADA-VS.-ITALY-WORLD-GROUP-QUARTER-FINAL-TIE-IN-VANCOUVER&pid=4475 — Davis Cup
  - Daniel
    March 26th, 2013 - 21:23
    
    Agree. On Paper the Tie should go to Italy. However, if you take all intangibles into account which includes the Court Surface it’s more like an even Tie. Why? Seppi & Fognini haven’t had much success Indoors recently while the surface which is used for Davis Cup is the same surface that was used for the San Jose Tournament which Milos won 3 times in a row. Milos is 15-zip lifetime on the Surface.
    
    Regarding the Doubles: While Fognini/Bolelli are the No. 2 Team in the Doubles Rankings they haven’t had much success Indoors either and IMO ain’t as good as Granollers/Lopez.
    
    It’s everything to play for. Should be a very exciting tie.
    - wacb
      March 29th, 2013 - 13:26
      
      Some comments from Raonic et al on next week’s tie. Article from DavisCup.com:
      
      http://t.co/5Mx8S6kJKD
TOM
March 23rd, 2013 - 21:43

Good routine win for Milos.Opponent totally outclassed by Milos.
Next will be tough with Querry.
Good Luck Milos.
It’s your turn
Daniel
March 23rd, 2013 - 19:26

Canadas Davis Cup Capt. Martin Laurendeau is attending Milos’ Match.

Interesting: Milos won the Coin Toss and elected to receive.
- wacb
  March 23rd, 2013 - 22:32
  
  I thought it was different to see him there… Good to see the support though.
  
  I think Milos was really taking this match easy. He was joking with the ref beforehand, and seemed very relaxed and confident. I think it’s a good thing. That said, he will need to take things a little more seriously in the next round versus Querrey…
Daniel
March 23rd, 2013 - 19:17

Milos just walked onto Court for his 2nd Round Match vs Rufin. We know already whom Milos faces in Round 3 if he wins: It’s Sam Querrey.
John Schervic
March 23rd, 2013 - 01:49

Thank-you Tomaso for the much appreciated information regarding the Milos vs G. Rufin match tomorrow in Miami.
John Schervic
March 22nd, 2013 - 13:12

It’s 9 PM in BC as I write this. My seach for the date and time of Milo’s first match in Miami is nowhere to be found. Any TV or streaming? I would appreciate it if anyone could shed some light on this. Thank-you.

John
- Tomaso
  March 22nd, 2013 - 14:49
  
  Sportsnet ONE has ATP Tennis scheduled for Saturday, 12:30 to 4:30pm Pacific time (3:30 to 7:30pm Eastern). Milos plays G. Rufin third-up after 1:00pm Eastern (after Isner v Dodig) — so probably 3:30pm or so. Hopefully our friends at Sportsnet are with us on this one!
  - wacb
    March 23rd, 2013 - 13:53
    
    Update!
    
    Looks like the Gasquet match is over on time, so the Radwanska match should start on time at 1pm Eastern. After this we have the Isner match, so we’re probably going to see Milos at 4pm, 3:30pm Eastern at the earliest… Let’s hope there’s no rain or power outages in the mean time.
    - wacb
      March 23rd, 2013 - 14:32
      
      Coverage: There is a video feed from the Grandstand court today (yesterday there was not). This doesn’t mean that this will be the feed SportsNet will show, but they should have the option. The Murray/Tomic match might still be on the Main Court, or the Venus Williams match might have started, so they could be showing that…
      - wacb
        March 23rd, 2013 - 17:10
        
        Aggy’s match just got over, so Isner match just starting as we wait for Milos on Grandstand. Maybe 5:30pm EDT before it starts?
Daniel
March 22nd, 2013 - 10:54

Milos will play Frenchman Guillaume Rufin on Saturday. A nice Match to get things started in Miami. I’m hearing the Courts in Florida are a tad faster then in IW. I hope that’s true although I can’t quite believe it as Courts were slower in Miami the last two years.
Renee Unger
March 18th, 2013 - 21:51

Re what you wrote
1 Nole
# 2 Muzza
# 3 Ferrer
# 4 Berdych
# 5 Delpo
# 6 Tsonga
# 7 Tipsarevic
# 8 Gasquet

Who is Muzza? Is that Murray’s nick name?
- wacb
  March 19th, 2013 - 09:31
  
  First time I’d seen it too. It is apparently something British people do with names, Murray=Muzza, and it seems Barry=Bazza. Us colonials could never understand…
  
  Here’s a forum thread about it:
  
  http://www.menstennisforums.com/showthread.php?t=112675
  
  And Wikipedia’s list of Tennis nicknames lists this as a ref, though the link is broken:
  
  http://www.lta.org.uk/Articles/Australian-Open-2009/Australian-Open—As-it-Happens/Australian-Open—As-it-Happens/26012010—Muzza-mania/
Jack Rosenfield
March 18th, 2013 - 17:40

I don’t see Raonic in the draw. What happened? No news of him withdrawing.

http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2013/403/mds.pdf
- wacb
  March 18th, 2013 - 18:10
  
  He is in the draw… Bottom half, left side of the pdf. He’s got a bye in the first round, and will play one of two qualifiers in the 2nd round. His third rnd match would be S. Querrey, L. Kubot, or a qualifier. Berdych and Verdasco are likely 4th Round opponents.
  - wacb
    March 22nd, 2013 - 00:24
    
    Looks like Milos isn’t playing tomorrow (Friday), must be Saturday…
Daniel
March 18th, 2013 - 14:39

Milos got a pretty decent Draw in Miami:

1st Round BYE
2nd Round Winner of two Qualifiers
3rd Round Possible Winner of Querrey/Kubot Match
Round of 16: Tomas Berdych

Reaching his Round of 16 Match should be doable. He did beat Berdych in Cincy last year.
Daniel
March 18th, 2013 - 11:11

For Starters: The Miami Men’s Main Draw will be released today at Noon ET. Spaniard David Ferrer will attend the Draw Ceremony.