{"id":435,"date":"2011-03-14T11:38:52","date_gmt":"2011-03-14T14:38:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/milosraonic.ca\/blog\/?p=435"},"modified":"2011-03-14T12:01:25","modified_gmt":"2011-03-14T15:01:25","slug":"a-day-to-recover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/milosraonic.ca\/blog\/2011\/03\/14\/a-day-to-recover\/","title":{"rendered":"A Day to Recover"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Similar to the Major tournaments, players at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bnpparibasopen.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">BNP Paribas Open<\/a> have a day off between matches. In <a href=\"http:\/\/www.atpworldtour.com\/News\/Tennis\/2011\/3\/10\/ATP-Sunday-Djokovic-Unbeaten.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">this article<\/a>, Milos Raonic does not shy away from saying he could really use the extra day to recover before his next match:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Canadian <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.atpworldtour.com\/Tennis\/Players\/R975.aspx\">Milos Raonic<\/a><\/strong>,  the breakout star from the first two months of the 2011 season, took  advantage of his opportunities to knock out 2008 finalist and World No.  15 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.atpworldtour.com\/Tennis\/Players\/F339.aspx\">Mardy Fish<\/a> 7-5, 6-4. He fought off eight break points, including three in the final game, and capitalized on all three of his chances.<\/p>\n<p>The 20 year old, who received treatment for a back muscle spasm  during the match, said: \u201cI'm hungry for the wins. I want to win as much  as possible. I want to reach new limits. I want to keep improving. By  winning today, especially here with a day in between, it's a good thing.  I have a chance to recover fully and sort of treat and now come back in  two days sort of hoping to play better, hoping to serve better, and  hoping to feel better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Raonic defeated a Top 25 player for the sixth time this season,  including four Top 15 wins. He also beat a 17th-ranked Fish last month  in the Memphis semi-finals.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Hopefully the back muscle spasm won't be a lingering problem and Raonic will be able to recover enough to get his serve back on track. The serve was less of a weapon against Fish last night, who was able to earn 8 break points during the match. Raonic saved them all, but if Fish had been able to convert one or two the match may not have gone Raonic's way.<\/p>\n<p>In his post match interview on court, Milos was asked if he was surprised by all of his recent success. He succinctly answered, \"Yes\" - at which point the audience erupted in laughter. It was a funny moment, but the short reply suggested that Raonic just wanted to get off the court and start the recovery process before his next match.<\/p>\n<p>Read the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tennis-x.com\/story\/2011-03-14\/i.php\" target=\"_blank\">full interview here<\/a>, and check out this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nk9GVpz7mes\" target=\"_blank\">Public Service Announcement <\/a>about Milos Raonic, in song form.<\/p>\n<p>-multi<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Similar to the Major tournaments, players at the BNP Paribas Open have a day off between matches. In this article, Milos Raonic does not shy away from saying he could really use the extra day to recover before his next match: Canadian Milos Raonic, the breakout star from the first two months of the 2011 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/milosraonic.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/milosraonic.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/milosraonic.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/milosraonic.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/milosraonic.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=435"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/milosraonic.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":441,"href":"http:\/\/milosraonic.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435\/revisions\/441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/milosraonic.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/milosraonic.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/milosraonic.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}