Milos Raonic – Canada Fan Blog an (unofficial) blog about tennis and Canadian player Milos Raonic

Raonic def. Gasquet at Cincinnati, 1st round

Gasquet and Raonic put in a good match.  Milos played solidly, except for the final game of the first set before the tie-break, and the final game of the second set, as he was serving it out.  He did come out of those games on top, but he did make us worry during the first few points of each!

As with the Toronto final, Gasquet seemed to shrink away a little after he went down a break in the second set.  He visibly stopped going for Raonic's first serves and almost admitted defest right there, it seemed.

Here are my reactions throughout the match.  Not much to remark about, it could have been any opponent when Milos is playing well - just too hard to break on serve.

Raonic will face Marcos Baghdatis tomorrow on Court 3, not before 2:30 EDT.  We'll wait and see if SportsNet ONE will be airing it...

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--wacb

Racing toward a tie-break, 4-3 in 1st set of the Raonic v. Gasquet match…

It's on serve in the first set, 4-3.  The best description so far is "Avg. Rally Length: 3 shots".

--wacb

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

Milos Raonic and coach Blanco practicing now at Rogers Cup #HappeningNOW

Here's a pic and vid from my Blackberry of Milos practicing right no. Sorry I couldn't make them clickableas I have limited blogging capability from my mobile! You'll have to copy and paste the links.

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A slight pause, but we’re back up and running again…

A little scare, but we're back on track...

A little sprinkle caused a pause in the Tipsarevic/Cilic match (2-2, 1st set) on court 1. #RogersCup http://t.co/8atOUFfv

— MilosRaonic Fan Blog (@MilosRaonicBlog) August 10, 2012

... And now they're drying the lines to play again... Phew! Did they pause on Centre Court? http://t.co/ozJMAnqW

— MilosRaonic Fan Blog (@MilosRaonicBlog) August 10, 2012

Day session cancelled. Milos scheduled for about 9pm for doubles.

New order of play: http://tinyurl.com/cgglzyt

Day session cancelled. Milos/Troicki takes to Stadium court after Djokovic's 3rd rnd match there. It all starts at 7pm Eastern Time.

--wacb

New schedule out – Raonic to play doubles on Stadium Court

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Murray withdraws, Milos advances to QF

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While we wait for the rain… pics of Sam Querry and Kei Nishikori from last night

Play hasn't started yet today in the Rogers Cup (leaving us fans with tickets for Milos/Murray a little nervous, considering the forecast).

While we wait, enjoy some of these photos I snapped of Querry vs. Nishikori on the Grandstand court at Rogers Cup in Toronto on Wednesday, Aug 8th, 2012.

I am a fan of Kei Nishikori, he is another young tennis player with a great attitude.  Unfortunately, he was not successful against Sam Querry this time...

--wacb

Pics from Pospisil’s win last night…

As promised, here are some pictures of Vasek Pospisil from last night.  Feel free to use them as you please, share them, post them elsewhere, make a poster or do with what you please, as long as you're using it non-commercially and you link back to this site somehow (in other words: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)...

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Series of pictures of Vasek Pospisil winning a game against A. Seppi while up a break in the third set. Monaco would eventually break back, forcing a tie-break, with Pospisil eventually winning the contest 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (8-6). [pic 1/4]

Series of pictures of Vasek Pospisil winning a game against A. Seppi while up a break in the third set. Monaco would eventually break back, forcing a tie-break, with Pospisil eventually winning the contest 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (8-6). [pic 2/4]

Series of pictures of Vasek Pospisil winning a game against A. Seppi while up a break in the third set. Monaco would eventually break back, forcing a tie-break, with Pospisil eventually winning the contest 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (8-6). [pic 3/4]

Series of pictures of Vasek Pospisil winning a game against A. Seppi while up a break in the third set. Monaco would eventually break back, forcing a tie-break, with Pospisil eventually winning the contest 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (8-6). [pic 4/4]

A picture of the clock, reading 2:35, after Vasek Pospisil's win over A. Seppi on Aug 6th, 2012. The match went the distance, with Pospisil winning the 3rd-set tiebreak 8-6 in a dramatic win in front of crowds of cheering Canadian fans! What a great atmosphere for the first night of Rogers Cup main draw play!

A pic of Vasek Pospisil smiling after shaking the hands of the ref and his opponent, A. Seppi, following his 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (8-6) win during the first round of the Rogers Cup in Toronto, 2012. He played on the Stadium Court in front of cheering Canadian fans and put on a great show for us!

A pic of Vasek Pospisil smiling after shaking the hands of the ref and his opponent, A. Seppi, following his 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (8-6) win during the first round of the Rogers Cup in Toronto, 2012. He played on the Stadium Court in front of cheering Canadian fans and put on a great show for us!

--wacb