Towerofpower205
Rookie
Who will win?
+1. If Istomin even gets a break point it will be a shock.Raonic will serve out istomin in straights!!
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!
What is up with that dinky little trophy for the champion ?
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?
Good. they're going to show the ceremony
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?
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?
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!
was any match shown on bloody Canadian TV or sites?
how about next week?
they are gushing about him, not doing anything
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!
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 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?
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.
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.
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?
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
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.
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?
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 $.
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.
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.
I don't agree. They showed some matches and the quality was good. So the problem is willingness.
LOL, under this theory it's amazing that most main tour ATP & WTA matches worldwide get any spectators at all, since most of them will feature those pesky foreigners.
Putting aside this silly statement, I will try to get to the bottom of San Jose's problem. The stadium sucks, the tickets are too expensive and the field isn't very good. It's also pretty close (in time and geographically) to Indian Wells, which kicks its rear end in every respect.
Thank goodness for SAP's sponsorship, or I would be worried about this tournament.
I don't have digital but I get Sportsnet One but they weren't showing Raonic's matches out west in the Pacific region. I checked because they've shown his matches before even though they weren't on the schedule but no luck this week. Hopefully I'll be able to see his Memphis matches.
sportsnet is trash. Should've let TSN keep the ATP broadcasting rights. At least they actually freee up some time slots for them. Sportsnet doesn't even do that, they're relegated to online streaming with meh quality.
TSN has never shown anything less than Masters 1000 ATP tournaments, and even those are rare. They didn't want the ATP 500s and 250s. I'm just thankful Sportsnet has filled in the void.