2016 Brisbane Final - [1] Roger Federer vs. [4] Milos Raonic

[AceSalvo]

fairly easy hold for fed, can he threaten raonic's serve now..

big NO!!

 

[Zodd]

Lahyani - Raonic 3 - 1

 

[tennisaddict]

Who is playing against Raonic ?

 

[mike danny]

Can't really complain. The truth is Raonic needs this more than Fed.

 

[Zodd]

finally a good BH!

 

[MasterZeb]

Lahyani - Raonic 3 - 1

It's a shame fed can't break Raonic like lahyani is

 

[Zodd]

no no no

 

[The Green Mile]

That shank though, lol... 30-30.

 

[Zodd]

It's a shame fed can't break Raonic like lahyani is

haha - qftt!

 

[AceSalvo]

Shankdal and Shankerer good buddies these days...

 

[NatF]

Can't believe he missed that pass. Well I can believe it...that's the problem.

 

[MasterZeb]

It's a joke now. Even fed knows. Giving the frustrated laugh

 

[CYGS]

GSM

 

[underground]

The laugh at the missed pass sums it up today.

 

[Doctor/Lawyer Red Devil]

No CYGS (Brisbane, Istanbul, Halle and Basel) this year for Federer.

 

[junior74]

A very good match by Raonic, hope he stays injury-free in 2016!

 

[The Green Mile]

Milos wins 6/4 6/4! First title in Brisbane. Yeah, Fed was off today, but Milos put in a good performance with no real big lapses. Good on him. Lets out a big roar.

 

[MasterZeb]

Game. Set. Match. Raonic was just too good. Absolutely crushing the ball. Painting the lines. Congrats to him. As for Federer,let's hope he has a full recovery before Aussie open.

 

[NatF]

Well done to Raonic. He played a good match. Shame the match didn't live up to the heights of their final last year.

 

[Feather]

Congrats Raonic

Hope he does well this season

 

[Krish872007]

Important win for Raonic, he really needed that. The key is transferring the confidence he gets from this win into mounting a challenge at the AO and against the current World Number 1.

 

[Pagoo]

Federer didn't make any pass today, did he? He's really off. Congrats to Milos. Big win for him to start the year. Federer certainly below par today. Nothing worked. Shanking, no first serves, nothing was clicking.

So, how will Federer and Ljubicic respond? We shall see.

 

[Feather]

want to see the match stats

 

[Pagoo]

Important win for Raonic, he really needed that. The key is transferring the confidence he gets from this win into mounting a challenge at the AO and against the current World Number 1.

Except he won't be anywhere near Djokovic's draw.

 

[mike danny]

Well guys we all know Fed is better than ever. This match proves that peak Fed is no match for peak Raonic.

 

[Krish872007]

I'm not worried about Federer - he showed enough to make me believe that he'll have a solid Australian Open, maybe better than last year. After all, he lost in the Brisbane final in 2014 and still made the AO semis.

 

[MasterZeb]

No CYGS (Brisbane, Istanbul, Halle and Basel) this year for Federer.

Istanbul, Halle, Cincinnati and Basel
Dubai also there just in case

 

[Pagoo]

Federer couldn't complete the take down of the young guns. So 3 finals in Brisbane, one win.

 

[fps]

Everyone loves Mohamed Lahyani.

 

[jon70]

Simple match to analyse - Federer with poor first serving and some ordinary ground strokes vs Raonic, who served big and seemed to have the better measure of the court. Commentators did mention that Federer was struggling to get to his backhand (possible injury?) and he was coughing and spluttering a bit...week's rest will hopefully have him ready for the AO.

 

[Pagoo]

GSM

I'm sure your day is complete now. Hope you enjoy the rest of your day.

 

[Gytha]

Congrats to Raonic, what a confidence boost

 

[AceSalvo]

GSM

feeling better, after the smackdown from yesterday??? that neck still hurts i guess..

 

[Pagoo]

Title number 89 will have to wait now.

 

[fps]

Have they given him a Samsung Galaxy?

 

[Deleted member 743561]

You get an ipad w/ a Brisbane medallion for runner-up trophy?

 

[Doctor/Lawyer Red Devil]

Istanbul, Halle, Cincinnati and Basel
Dubai also there just in case

So there is still a chance for him to save his season?

 

[Pagoo]

Roger looks OK. Nice to see. People's champion. Never mind. Get some rest and figure things out.

Hopefully, you don't draw Raonic in Melbourne.

 

[fps]

That guy next to Mirka was reading texts off her phone all night

 

[SAFINATORZ]

Milos raonic stuns federer on court, and hangs outs with a stunner off court Danielle Knudson.

 

[Sartorius]

Raonic played well, only one blip on his serve and a couple of decent return games was enough. Fed's performance was telling of his week actually, first decent opponent (other than Grigor) exposed the out of sorts mood he was in.

I'm not worried about Federer - he showed enough to make me believe that he'll have a solid Australian Open, maybe better than last year. After all, he lost in the Brisbane final in 2014 and still made the AO semis.

Feel the same, more or less. Wouldn't take much from this week even if he won today.

 

[MasterZeb]

So there is still a chance for him to save his season?

*career. Will really cement his place as THE GOAT. The only player in history to complete the CYGS consecutively. Match that djoker.

 

[TheFifthSet]

sheesh, ah well. Not the best showing but Fed wasn't at his best. Give it time.

 

[fps]

It's just occurred to me that tennis players could use winning tournaments as a platform for actually talking about something they were passionate about, if they wanted to, rather than just thanking everyone. Did Raonic just say he hopes the world becomes a safer place?

 

[MasterZeb]

Gosh I hate that stupid arm sleeve. Looks so stupid.

 

[AceSalvo]

After all, he lost in the Brisbane final in 2014 and still made the AO semis.

pretty much this ^^^^... hope he is in the best of health though for AO'16..

 

[The Green Mile]

Milos always has classy speeches.

 

[Levi_Ackerman]

"We can learn to love each other again and the world can be a better place"?

What the hell kind of speech was that? How very Canadian. Hahahaha. Is he applying for a role as UN ambassador? He didn't even congratulate Roger. Whatever.

 

[Pagoo]

Some undercurrents. Raonic didn't acknowledge Federer in his speech. Hmn, things could get interesting if they meet again.

 

[MasterZeb]

Poor Raonic. Wins the tournament. Laver congratulates Federer.

Edit: Now that one of the organisers told him about Raonic....