Apparently, Raonic couldn't even walk before the match

[winstonplum]

Raonic showed some guts are fought through and gave it the old college try. Good on him. We could use some more of that pluck in tennis.

[winstonplum]

Originally Posted by pvaudio

The latter, or the former with your mouth shut afterwards. Even Rafa (Rafa!!) had the decency not to talk about his knees being absolutely on fire during the FO or during any of Wimby until months afterwards. It is frankly rude to come out, play a match, and then go back and say "Oh, well, 45mins before the start of the match I still wasn't sure if my foot was broken..." It just makes you look like an idiot with a bag of excuses.

Excuses are excuses and facts are fact. If that was the state of his foot, there's no shame in being honest. From what I've heard he wasn't whinging about it; just telling the truth.

[sureshs]

Originally Posted by rufus_smith

What would Tipsy have done?

He would have read some books and given some thoughtful answers, and then retired.

[Agassifan]

And yet he is 100% sure to play in the Davis cup match next week.

[zagor]

I don't think he meant it as an excuse but whatever, I hope it's nothing serious, the guy's very prone to injuries.

Originally Posted by sureshs

He would have read some books and given some thoughtful answers, and then retired.

You're the greatest.

[Sentinel]

Originally Posted by dudeski

Is Raonic the new Nadal?

Nadal went on to win on a fractured foot.

[sureshs]

At this young age, he shouldn't be having such injuries. I am really not too sympathetic towards people who play sports and injure themselves.

[arche3]

Originally Posted by sureshs

At this young age, he shouldn't be having such injuries. I am really not too sympathetic towards people who play sports and injure themselves.

Thats because as a club hack you never performed any sport at a level high enough to get injured. Your too slow and not fit enough....
Walking about the court of course your not getting hurt.

But its different for ATP players. The make money playing.

[zebedee]

Originally Posted by Roddick85

It sucks that he was injured, but if he felt he couldn't play at his best, he should of withdrawn. I find it a bit cheap to say these things after he lost the match, kinda like Nadal when he looses, we learn later that he was suffering from this and that and that...blabla, it's like they don't give they're opponents credit, and I find that disrespectful.

Well put. That's all that needs to be said.

The press have always been around the players. Giving out lame excuses has become the modern way rather than simply admit you weren't good enough.

[sureshs]

Originally Posted by arche3

Thats because as a club hack you never performed any sport at a level high enough to get injured. Your too slow and not fit enough....
Walking about the court of course your not getting hurt. Your still trying to figure out how to keep the ball in when its hit right to you.

Well, I show up for work when I should. I lead my life in such a way that I can perform what is expected from me.

That should be true in any profession. If you are getting injured so early in your career, then it is a problem. Maybe you are not cut out for the sport.

[uncooling]

Originally Posted by always_crosscourt

If he had Isner's serve, he would have won.

No.

1. Raonic's serve is as good as Inser's, if not better. Just look at last year's stats on service (1st % won, fastest serve, % games hold, 2nd serve won %, etc.)

2. Federer has had no problem dealing with Isner's serve in the past, so your statement doesn't stand true.

3. Raonic has put Feder into trouble more than Isner has with his serve (look at the match between Fed and Raonic in Madrid, Halle, and Indian Wells. That's three different surfaces clay, grass, and hard court), so I would say Raonic's serve is more effective especially against top players like Federer.

[Steve0904]

Yeah this is Nadal-esque for sure. A bunch of excuses is all it is. Disgraceful.

[Passion4Tennis]

Originally Posted by uncooling

Not to be respectful to the Great Federer, but Raonic is such a classy guy for choosing to play this match!

I'm pretty sure almost everyone here didn't know he has such a terrible injury going into the match (most of them probably still don't know and are busy talking about Raonic's game). With his injury, he can still ace 19 times against Federer! (one at 233 kph)

It would've been a much closer match had he not suffered from an injury!

That quick handshake he gave Federer at the net didn't look too "classy" to me.

[zebedee]

Raonic, classy?

Clumsy, more like.

[SLD76]

Originally Posted by sureshs

He would have read some books and given some thoughtful answers, and then retired.

you have been on fire lately, lol

another gem.

[pound cat]

Originally Posted by Alchemy-Z

Some people will praise him for being a trooper.

others will say playing injured with medicated parts is unfair to his opponent when it should have just been a walk over.

If it's a WO the opponent doesn't get credit for a Win. Raonic was just being fair to Roger by opting to play the match.

[Mick3391]

Originally Posted by uncooling

Raonic, the 15th seed from Thornhill, Ont., revealed after the match he wasn't given the green light to play until he was moments away from stepping on to the court.

"I had a tough day today. It wasn't as smooth of a day as I would have liked to have," said Raonic, who ended with 19 aces and 41 unforced errors in less than two hours.

"Until probably 45 minutes to an hour before the match, I wasn't even sure I'd play. I rushed over to get a quick MRI on my foot."

"I was having issues walking. I got the clear to play after that. I just had an anesthesia injection into my foot."

Raonic said he played while numb but managed to soldier on despite being diagnosed with inflammation in the joints.

"It was more how much it weighs on you mentally throughout the day when somebody is saying there might be a stress fracture," he said.

"I was able to actually clear it out of my mind pretty well before the match and just sort of go along with everything and just play as well as I could





So, what we saw from today's match wasn't healthy Raonic! People should stop judging this kid before even reading his post-match interview (well, the transcript is not up, that's probably why people still don't know the story)

At least, he showed up on court and tried his best with his injured foot when he couldn't even walk before the match.
Very comparable to Tipsarevic who would've withdrawn right away.

Give me a break! This is amazing, my 12 year old son said "this guy will make an excuse after losing". Here's the deal, EVEN IF YOU DO HAVE AN INJURY, you don't bring it up after losing if you have any class.

This kind of stuff ****es me off, yet he only lost four times to Fed because of a injured foot, please.

[Fedex]

Originally Posted by Mick3391

Give me a break! This is amazing, my 12 year old son said "this guy will make an excuse after losing". Here's the deal, EVEN IF YOU DO HAVE AN INJURY, you don't bring it up after losing if you have any class.

This kind of stuff ****es me off, yet he only lost four times to Fed because of a injured foot, please.

That wasn't the same Raonic who faced Murray at the USO. Murray won in straights then and Raonic made no excuses there saying he was simply outplayed in the end but still put up a much better fight.
Raonic started off fine today but you could see half way through there was something not right.
And Fed also playing outstanding tennis just compounded everything.

[ShoeShiner]

Same as Simon vs Murray match.
Simon was too tired after winning Monfil. His body could not be recovered in time. He had many muscle cramps.

[tennis_badger]

raonic is unbeatable when he's healthy