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Rafa Nadal gives Raonic a “clinic” in Rogers Cup Final at Montréal
Milos Raonic, the first player born in the 1990s to be in the ATP top ten, went down 6-2, 6-2 today to Rafael Nadal. I'm sure you've all watched it, so I'll just put up a pic (a few other good ones on the CBC.ca article it came from).
And this tweet was great:
... this one was pretty good too:
Cincinnati is up next!
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August 14th, 2013 - 18:31
Nadal was just the better overall player. Raonic has a big serve but other than that he has to improve his overall game including his backhand. it was also clear against Gulbis where Raonic had a hard time breaking him and was almost broken many times.
August 12th, 2013 - 06:47
Galo Blanco is the new coach of Jurgen Melzer in case you didnt knew it yet..
Happy Milos made it through to the final playing so bad and i have high expectations for him in Cincinnati i expect him to make QF as the courts here suit his game much better then in Montreal.
August 13th, 2013 - 07:34
I hope his work with Ljubicic pays off soon, tough waiting in that period while he’s trying to change his game. I can see why he wants to do it though- a more flexible, well-rounded skillset might help help him go from 9-12 seeding in Majors to 5-8 eventually. Sticking to free points on the serve likely wouldn’t do it for him.
August 12th, 2013 - 01:08
Nadal really is on a level of his own at this time with Djokovic slightly behind him I believe. Would have liked to see a bit of a closer match but hopefully Milos does take some positives of out this and learn from it in the future. In his post match interviews he seemed pretty happy despite the tough loss which is promising and it looks like he has gained some confidence that he can carry through the remainder of the season.
Vasek has an interesting first round matchup against Gilles Simon who hasn’t been sharp of late. If Vasek can carry over his form from the last few weeks I think he can pull out a win.
Milos has a rematch with Jack Sock in round one who beat him in the first round back in Memphis. Should be better prepared this time around assuming there’s no hangover from reaching his first ATP 1000 final.
Both matches I assume will be on Tuesday as they are not on the schedule for tomorrow.
Both Milos and Vasek are drawn into Djokovic’s quarter so maybe if we are lucky we can have a preview of Davis Cup for both players and even if they do come out on the wrong side they can take some notes of how to better approach that matchup in the Davis Cup.