Raonic vs Istomin

[Smasher08]

Originally Posted by wintintu

I hope Istomin - I have been following him closely all week, fancied him to go far (even had a little bet on him pre tournament!). I think Raonic is a strong favourite and tbh the match is probably more on his racket. But Istomin can play very aggressively and i think he returns serve quite well and can take time away from raonic. I think Istomin is the better player in terms of groundstrokes when you take into account the forehand, backhand, and movement, but very obviously raonic is better serving and is ranked higher. Istomin needs to look after his own serve EVERY time, be aggressive, and go for it on the raonic serve if possible.
Hoping Denis can take his first title - he seems a really nice unassuming guy and is relishing the underdog role!

Istomin played great -- really fearless tennis. Hope to see him get more good results.

[pound cat]

Good. they're going to show the ceremony

[Nostradamus]

What is up with that dinky little trophy for the champion ?

[pound cat]

Originally Posted by Nostradamus

What is up with that dinky little trophy for the champion ?

250 tournament?

[Fifth Set]

I continue to be distracted by the many, many empty seats in that hockey arena, which is poorly suited to tennis. Raonic supposedly has many fans, but they ain't showing up to the matches.

Anyway, I thought Milos was headed straight for the top 10 after a similar display last year. With Justin gushing his usual nonsense, it looks like the hype machine will continue. All based on a fast indoor court with a poor field in a 250.

Will this really be Milos' big year?

[flyinghippos101]

Originally Posted by Fifth Set

I continue to be distracted by the many, many empty seats in that hockey arena, which is poorly suited to tennis. Raonic supposedly has many fans, but they ain't showing up to the matches.

Anyway, I thought Milos was headed straight for the top 10 after a similar display last year. With Justin gushing his usual nonsense, it looks like the hype machine will continue. All based on a fast indoor court with a poor field in a 250.

Will this really be Milos' big year?

Why so passive agressive? Sure he had a lot of hype last year and didn't deliver, but you can't deny that he had some bad luck with that injury at Wimbledon. And why would some hype now be unjustified? Winning a title already at Chennai and defending a title convincingly are pretty decent results from a guy coming off a fairly serious injury only months ago

[kishnabe]

I missed this ...Hope I can see a replay of this.

[Mainad]

Originally Posted by Nostradamus

What is up with that dinky little trophy for the champion ?

Originally Posted by pound cat

250 tournament?

Try THESE 250 tournament trophies for size

[Marius_Hancu]

Originally Posted by pound cat

Good. they're going to show the ceremony

was any match shown on bloody Canadian TV or sites?
how about next week?
they are gushing about him, not doing anything

I hope Raonic will get the first prize in Memphis: lots of cash

[Mainad]

Originally Posted by Fifth Set

Anyway, I thought Milos was headed straight for the top 10 after a similar display last year. With Justin gushing his usual nonsense, it looks like the hype machine will continue. All based on a fast indoor court with a poor field in a 250.

Will this really be Milos' big year?

It's interesting that Raonic, still ranked world #32, now has 3 ATP titles to his name whilst the world #9, Tipsarevic still only has 2!

[pound cat]

Originally Posted by Fifth Set

I continue to be distracted by the many, many empty seats in that hockey arena, which is poorly suited to tennis. Raonic supposedly has many fans, but they ain't showing up to the matches.

Anyway, I thought Milos was headed straight for the top 10 after a similar display last year. With Justin gushing his usual nonsense, it looks like the hype machine will continue. All based on a fast indoor court with a poor field in a 250.

Will this really be Milos' big year?

Why would fans in California show up for a final between a Canadian and a Kazbekistanian??? No American players involved. That should answer your question.

[pound cat]

Originally Posted by Mainad

It's interesting that Raonic, still ranked world #32, now has 3 ATP titles to his name whilst the world #9, Tipsarevic still only has 2!

He's going ot be 25 on Monday. He lost a lot of points because of not being able to defend his AO results from last year.

[Devilito]

Originally Posted by Marius_Hancu

was any match shown on bloody Canadian TV or sites?
how about next week?
they are gushing about him, not doing anything

they've been showing San Jose on Sportsnet One since the QFs in HD. It's been great. The only problem is that it's not shown on their guide. They picked up every single Raonic match. Find out when he plays and tune into SN1 and you'll catch it. I think they're doing this on the fly so the guide might say "classic hockey" or w/e is scheduled to be on at the time. They'll probably be doing this with Memphis too so don't miss it.

[Devilito]

Originally Posted by Mainad

It's interesting that Raonic, still ranked world #32, now has 3 ATP titles to his name whilst the world #9, Tipsarevic still only has 2!

not really. Milos missed 1/2 of last year. After Memphis he has almost no points to defend. Imagine 9 months of nothing but gravy. There's a real shot he might finish the year inside the top 10 without struggling too hard. Top 15 without breaking a sweat. The only caveat is him staying healthy and injury free.

[Marius_Hancu]

Originally Posted by pound cat

Why would fans in California show up for a final between a Canadian and a Kazbekistanian??? No American players involved. That should answer your question.

I always went to Masters here in Montreal even though it never was a chance for a Canadian to win until now

[Devilito]

Originally Posted by Fifth Set

I continue to be distracted by the many, many empty seats in that hockey arena, which is poorly suited to tennis. Raonic supposedly has many fans, but they ain't showing up to the matches.

Anyway, I thought Milos was headed straight for the top 10 after a similar display last year. With Justin gushing his usual nonsense, it looks like the hype machine will continue. All based on a fast indoor court with a poor field in a 250.

Will this really be Milos' big year?

you must have missed the small fact that he missed 6 months in 2011 due to injury. You must have also missed the fact that in 2 months he's won 2 titles already. Empty seats? The crowd looked absolutely standard for an ATP 250 event. If anything there were more people than usual. The only time you're going to get a packed out at a 250 event is if someone like Federer is playing.

[Marius_Hancu]

Originally Posted by Devilito

they've been showing San Jose on Sportsnet One since the QFs in HD. It's been great. The only problem is that it's not shown on their guide. They picked up every single Raonic match. Find out when he plays and tune into SN1 and you'll catch it. I think they're doing this on the fly so the guide might say "classic hockey" or w/e is scheduled to be on at the time. They'll probably be doing this with Memphis too so don't miss it.

Sportsnet One is not shown in Montreal and I am going for the sites anyway.

Why the heck don't tsn.ca and sportsnet.ca show his matches?

[Mainad]

Originally Posted by pound cat

He's going ot be 25 on Monday. He lost a lot of points because of not being able to defend his AO results from last year.

Who do you mean? Raonic is 21 (birthday in December), Tipsarevic is 27 (birthday in June).

[Devilito]

Originally Posted by Marius_Hancu

Sportsnet One is not shown in Montreal and I am going for the sites anyway.

Why the heck don't tsn.ca and sportsnet.ca show his matches?

Even though the proliferation of high speed broadband in Canada per capita is the highest in the world, Canadian online websites are like 40 years behind US ones so don’t hold your breath for some sort of Canadian version of ESPN3. Will never happen. Nothing like having a 250mb/s zero cap internet connection with nothing to use it on.

[pound cat]

Originally Posted by Marius_Hancu

was any match shown on bloody Canadian TV or sites?
how about next week?
they are gushing about him, not doing anything

I hope Raonic will get the first prize in Memphis: lots of cash

It seems that sportsnet doesn;t have livestream anymore, only on sportsnet 1 that you pay for and have to have digital TV. Unfortunately most Canadians like only hockey and that's what brings in the advertisers and $.