Raonic v. Kohlschreiber - R3 AO 2013

[Raz11]

Im going with Kohlschriebier in 4.

He is in better form and has experience in dealing with guys with big serves (Isner at US 2012 and Roddick at AO 2008]

[Love Game]

yes, this is the "official raonic v. kohlschreiber" thread

It was started at 5:55 a.m. -- 11-12 hour ago.

welcome all!

[Love Game]

Originally Posted by ruerooo

Wow.

I was under the impression he was happy, training in Spain. I thought once he'd transferred his citizenship and started getting Canadian training support that he was feeling much better. (Plus his Tweets always seem cheery.)

I missed this whole thing.

of course you missed it ..... it's in my head! ..... As I wrote, "I get the impression that Raonic's coach is mean to him."

That's just my impression. Armchair psychology and all that. Just cuz someone acts happy doesn't mean they are. Maybe they are. Maybe theyre not. Sometimes they don't even know it themselves. Remember Marilyn Van Derbur? She acted happy enough to be chosen Miss America. If they had had twitter in her day, she would have been tweeting happy positivity too ... it's part of the franchise. I don't imagine that milos is being subjected to physical abuse, not at all. I just interpreted his coach's behavior as abusive. It was my interpretation of what I heard. If I had a child playing tennis, I would not allow that man to coach my child. that's all!

[kishnabe]

Going to Say Milosh in 4.

[dlk]

I'm pulling for Kolschreiber (like all the shorter players), but believe Raonic will win.

[Jeffrey573639]

Originally Posted by dlk

I'm pulling for Kolschreiber (like all the shorter players), but believe Raonic will win.

+1. Hoping for a Fed Kolh OHBH glory match

[Love Game]

K so ... been trying to figure out why Milos hasn't seemed to live up to his obvious potential .... first time i saw him he was 18 and almost beat fernando gonzalez in the canada masters ..... it was a blockbuster, really created a lot of stir ..... then, he wasn't heard from again for quite a while.

in 2012 milos' win/loss record was 46-21 ... i usually keep an eye on the players 6'5" tall and over cuz delpo's height is 6'6" and there's a debate whether that height is a detriment overall. in comparison with milos, delpo's record was 66-17 in 2012 ..... obviously, everybody defelops at a different rate, but milos is 22. delpo had already won a grand slam by that time.

guess I can't help wonder milos seems to be developmentally delayed in terms of tennis uber excellence.

[Love Game]

the goerges/stosur v. lepchenko/zheng match is in it's third and final set ..... but it's 3 all now, and of course there's no tie-breaker in this grand slam ....

IOW it could be up to an hour (tho probably not that long) before Milos and Philipp get onto Court 3

= = = = =

oooops lepchenko/zheng broke and it's now 5-3

[romeo8880]

I'm so tired I just wanna go to bed but I want to watch these late matches.

[Love Game]

Originally Posted by romeo8880

I'm so tired I just wanna go to bed but I want to watch these late matches.

it's 11:20 PM here in Cali ... what time is it where U R?

not long to wait now ..... sorry to see stosur lose her dubs, too .... sorry, australia!

[romeo8880]

East coast for me. 2:20 AM now.

[Marius_Hancu]

Not shown on tsn.ca?

[Shangri La]

Raonic really hits the ball harrrrd

[taffymoon]

Originally Posted by Marius_Hancu

Not shown on tsn.ca?

Yes, it's on, but no commentary.

[Marius_Hancu]

Originally Posted by taffymoon

Yes, it's on, but no commentary.

link? don't find it
anyway, good performance by R for now

excellent, 2 DTL FHs to break in the 3rd

[ramos77]

a pic I took while at this game

Raonic played really well, huge serve to finish off the match

[ruerooo]

Fancy!

Great seats!