Monfils V Raonic - Stockholm Open SF

Love Game · Oct 21, 2011

The top seed versus the sixth seed ...
This is going to be a very entertaining semifinal, IMO

Aside from its entertainment value, what's your prediction for the outcome?

Love Game · Oct 21, 2011

Hard to decide.

Monfils had difficulty closing out his quarterfinal match against Anderson, even tho he was a set and a double break up when he first served for the match! :shock:

Raonic is playing great so far, but I'll go out on a limb for the Frenchie in three! Oui!

Homeboy Hotel · Oct 21, 2011

Raonic in 3. Monfils will win first set, loose second and loose concentration in the third. Thus the match also.

ben123 · Oct 21, 2011

Homeboy Hotel said:
Raonic in 3. Monfils will win first set, loose second and loose concentration in the third. Thus the match also.

he proved that he can concentrate in his last match vs tomic. so for me also monclown in 3

flyinghippos101 · Oct 21, 2011

Raonic in three.

Then again I'm Canadian and I'm biased.

pound cat · Oct 21, 2011

LIVE STREAM on sportsnet.ca

Stockholm Open

Saturday, October 22: Semifinals at 7 a.m. ET and 9 a.m. ET
Sunday, October 23: Finals at 9 a.m. ET
(Canadian Milos Raonic has advanced to the semifinal of the tournament)

Marius_Hancu · Oct 21, 2011

You'll be surprised at how much Monfils will S-V tomorrow (he did it with Tomic too).

I hope Raonic is ready for this kind of aggressiveness from Monfils. The only thing I want from him is to "massage" well the ball (as he did today) and to move well.

pound cat · Oct 21, 2011

Marius_Hancu said:
You'll be surprised at how much Monfils will S-V tomorrow (he did it with Tomic too).

I hope Raonic is ready for this kind of aggressiveness from Monfils. The only thing I want from him is to "massage" well the ball (as he did today) and to move well.

And to serve well...like he did to-day

Tammo · Oct 21, 2011

Monfils has been playing some sloppy tennis Therefore Raonic will take this in 3. BTW what time is the match EST?

Marius_Hancu · Oct 21, 2011

8.30-9.00 AM EST

Amazing to see Monfils has only 3 ATP titles ... tough ... with his style ... not Nadal.

Tammo · Oct 21, 2011

Hoping for a Raonic-Blake final

Smasher08 · Oct 21, 2011

Tough to see the rookie come through this -- the vet's got too much experience and can play phenomenal tennis when he's on.

I'm going with the vet in 3, but by a whisker.

Love Game · Oct 22, 2011

the only top 10 players that i'm aware of raonic having beaten were verdasco twice when he was No. 9 (san jose and memphis) and Youzhny once when he was No. 10 ((AO) .....

oh yeah and he does have that walkover over the then No. 12 Monfils at san jose back in january 2011. at that time, milos was No. 84. now, he's No. 29 and Gael's No. 10 .... Gael has also spent some of 2011 on injury leave ... not sure whether their down times are comparable or not.

thing is they're both pretty much in form atm. monfils is his usual Evel Knievel of tennis, fun to watch b/c of his skill and unpredictability ... and raonic is his usual steady eddy with a really big gun ... who's also fun to watch. i've become a fan of the trapeze tactics of the joie-de-vive frenchman this year, but I also enjoy the enthusiastic talent of the young canadian.

it's currently 10 AM in Stockholm, and the first semifinal (nieminen v blake) w/b starting in about 3 hours ... with monfils/raonic scheduled to begin 1-1/2 hours after that ... hmmmmm ... TBH, i'll be surprised if nieminen/blake doesnt go three sets and at least two hours, which would put it at around 3PM local, then and considering it's currently just past 1 AM pacific time, that would put raonic/monfils at around 6 AM pacific time ... right? :???:

stringertom · Oct 22, 2011

I'm liking the young gun to stun number one in straights. Go Milos...put some Smokey Robinson on your iPod and make "Tears of a Clown" your theme song for Saturday. First Clowndasco in SJ, now Clownfils in Stockholm.

vernonbc · Oct 22, 2011

Love Game said:
the only top 10 players that i'm aware of raonic having beaten were verdasco twice when he was No. 9 (san jose and memphis) and Youzhny once when he was No. 10 ((AO) .....

oh yeah and he does have that walkover over the then No. 12 Monfils at san jose back in january 2011. at that time, milos was No. 84. now, he's No. 29 and Gael's No. 10 .

Milos beat #24 Llodra at the Australian Open, then #10 Mikhail Youzhny, before he lost in four to #7 David Ferrer.

As you said, he had the WO of #12 Monfils in San Jose before he beat #9 Verdasco. In Memphis, he beat #17 Mardy Fish and then lost to #8 Roddick 6-7(7), 7-6(11), 5-7. Can't get much closer than that and it took a circus shot from Roddick to beat him.

He beat #15 Mardy Fish again at Indian Wells before they moved to clay where he actually had some decent results for someone who had only played a couple of matches on clay in his life . At MC he beat #25 Michael Llodra again and #30 Ernests Gulbis before losing to #6 Ferrer and at Estoril he had a win against #22 Gilles Simon before he got a tough draw in Madrid against Feli Lopez in the 1st round but took it to three.

All in all he's played some really good tennis against some very tough opponents so it should be interesting to see how he manages today against Monfils.

vernonbc · Oct 22, 2011

CANADIANS - it's live on Sportsnet One!!!! Blake and Niemenen are warming up right now.

Love Game · Oct 22, 2011

stringertom said:
I'm liking the young gun to stun number one in straights. Go Milos...put some Smokey Robinson on your iPod and make "Tears of a Clown" your theme song for Saturday. First Clowndasco in SJ, now Clownfils in Stockholm.

lol ... made me laff :lol:
but
does this look like a clown to you!

Love Game · Oct 22, 2011

uh oh ... i was afraid of that ... nieminen/blake just went into a third sed ... since the first two sets have taken about 45 minutes each, i won't be surprised if the third set takes about the same ..... sooooooo it's starting to look as if monfils/raonic won't start until closer to 6:30 a.m. pacific time/ 9:30 a.m. eastern time

pound cat · Oct 22, 2011

And awaaay we go....

jaggy · Oct 22, 2011

This has all the makings of a great match

vernonbc · Oct 22, 2011

Yup, 6:33 pacific and Raonic and Monfils are just warming up.

vernonbc · Oct 22, 2011

pound cat said:
And awaaay we go....

Pound cat, are you watching it live on Sportsnet One? They're broadcasting it nation wide.

Tammo · Oct 22, 2011

2-2 with Milos already having 2 BP's

pound cat · Oct 22, 2011

vernonbc said:
Pound cat, are you watching it live on Sportsnet One? They're broadcasting it nation wide.

Don't have sportsnet ONE...watching sportsnet.ca live

Marius_Hancu · Oct 22, 2011

Marius_Hancu said:
You'll be surprised at how much Monfils will S-V tomorrow (he did it with Tomic too).

What did I tell you?

Marius_Hancu · Oct 22, 2011

Dangerous raise in Monfils's 2nd return: 57% over 35%

pound cat · Oct 22, 2011

OK Milos..time to breaki

vernonbc · Oct 22, 2011

Monfils is going to take an injury time out soon. He's not getting a reaction out of the crowd so he's going to take more outrageous flying leaps to try and be the star of the show and he'll end up hurting himself.

That said, Milos is hanging in there very nicely.

vernonbc · Oct 22, 2011

Is Raonic losing some of his baby fat? His face looks thinner.

pound cat · Oct 22, 2011

vernonbc said:
Is Raonic losing some of his baby fat? His face looks thinner.

His bandana has pulled up his face. Cheap plastic surgery.

Tammo · Oct 22, 2011

5-4 Milos, on serve. IMO if the first set goes to a TB whoever wins it will win the match.

Love Game · Oct 22, 2011

vernonbc said:
Is Raonic losing some of his baby fat? His face looks thinner.

Gotta agree with pound cat ... seems to be the headband effect!

monfils up 5-3 in the tb atm

Tammo · Oct 22, 2011

Wow, Raonic comes back form 5-2 down in the TB to take it 8-6.

Love Game · Oct 22, 2011

gael tries to distract milos during the tiebreak, but it doesn't work, then after the BIG BANG, milos takes it 8-5

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pound cat · Oct 22, 2011

He did it again on a tie break! Yes Milos 1-0

Love Game · Oct 22, 2011

i've been hearing bangs and other uncharacteristic noises going on "backstage" throughout the match ... too bad for monfils that it came ?during his serve? in the TB ... but milos hung in there, came back and took it ... good on him

Brian11785 · Oct 22, 2011

Wow. Total shank by Monfils at 5-5. He was able to win the next point on Milos's serve, but the Canadian eventually takes the tiebreaker 8-6.

tacou · Oct 22, 2011

Gael clowned that TB right out of his hands.

I forget what feed I'm watching, I think they might be Italian commentators, they are worse than Americans! They talk incessantly it's so annoying

chrischris · Oct 22, 2011

Milos is one cool kid.

Locotus · Oct 22, 2011

Love Game said:
i've been hearing bangs and other uncharacteristic noises going on "backstage" throughout the match ... too bad for monfils that it came ?during his serve? in the TB

6-6, Raonic serves, a camera flash in the audience as Monfils returns. He misses the return, get totally pissed and shanks the next point. 8-6 Raonic.

vernonbc · Oct 22, 2011

pound cat said:
His bandana has pulled up his face. Cheap plastic surgery.

ROFL :lol:

Good one

Brian11785 · Oct 22, 2011

tacou said:
Gael clowned that TB right out of his hands.

I forget what feed I'm watching, I think they might be Italian commentators, they are worse than Americans! They talk incessantly it's so annoying

They are competing to talk over one another during the point. Ugh.

Wow. Did that break point just pretty much sum up why Milos is going to win this match. :???:

chrischris · Oct 22, 2011

Gotta love the finesse and talent of Gael !!!

The halfvolley tweener king.

BUT Milos is the better today so far .. go milos.

vernonbc · Oct 22, 2011

Monfils is such a clown. A little bit of his goofing is entertaining but he overdoes it. So much talent and so little discipline to use it properly. Raonic on the other hand is a model of composure for such a young man. Very very impressive today.

Love Game · Oct 22, 2011

tacou said:
Gael clowned that TB right out of his hands.

I forget what feed I'm watching, I think they might be Italian commentators, they are worse than Americans! They talk incessantly it's so annoying

true dat ... better video, but their blabbering is distracting. i'm goign with the fuzzier picture, better commentator on LSH under the ATP designation
.............

anyway ... raonic quite impressive today, both his service game and his mental game ... oddly tho his bench seems to be glowering all the time ... what's with that? he's paying their salaries (all except his dad I suppose)

Love Game · Oct 22, 2011

vernonbc said:
Monfils is such a clown. A little bit of his goofing is entertaining but he overdoes it. So much talent and so little discipline to use it properly. Raonic on the other hand is a model of composure for such a young man. Very very impressive today.

he can get away with a lot with most other players, but not today. monfils must raise his level to break serve ... might be too late, tho

vernonbc · Oct 22, 2011

Galo Blanco is usually pretty stoic during Milos' match but they're not including him in the picture most of the time. I think the camera guy has his physio confused for his coach.

pound cat · Oct 22, 2011

Love Game said:
true dat ... better video, but their blabbering is distracting. i'm goign with the fuzzier picture, better commentator on LSH under the ATP designation
.............

anyway ... raonic quite impressive today, both his service game and his mental game ... oddly tho his bench seems to be glowering all the time ... what's with that? he's paying their salaries (all except his dad I suppose)

It's the anti Dojokovic bench look

vernonbc · Oct 22, 2011

I wish Milos himself showed a little more pep out there. On the one hand, it's good to see him so composed and unflustered but he strolls around so laconically he doesn't generate any excitement. Very impressed with his game today though.

ben123 · Oct 22, 2011

i stoped watching it after the first ~15min. so many unforced errors and very often servewinners, dont like these kind of matches. not entertaining.

davydenko vs tipsa sounds better

Monfils V Raonic - Stockholm Open SF

The Frenchman? or the Canadian? Who goes to the Final?

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Canadian in 2

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