2017 Australian Open QF MILOS "the Lumberjack" Raonic vs. RAFAEL "the Bull" Nadal

[InsideOut900]

I am calling this already.
Should be one of the matches of the tournament.

Vs.

 

[Prabhanjan]

LOL! You are too lazy, you could have as well started this after Raonic was done with his round

 

[Poisoned Slice]

Bit early, no?

 

[ArcspacE]

Shameful scenes

 

[junior74]

Monfils is serving for the third...

 

[Krish872007]

Fail thread. You'll probably still be fine, but Monfils has just taken a set and has extended the match

 

[Red Rick]

So OP is hours early, and doesn't even make a decent poll?

Fed through sheer arrogance
Pouille in 5
mury goat

 

[eliars]

Such lack of respect for Guru. Shameful.

 

[ArcspacE]

I call for a life ban here

 

[Poisoned Slice]

48 days in the SHU. That should sort it out.

 

[H_Richardson]

Monfils has broken Nadal in the 4th set. Definitely premature...

 

[Djokovic_is_the_best#1]

Nadal in 4 sets!

 

[Terenigma]

Someone else make a thread, we shouldn't support this blatent (but correct) insult to the Clown.

 

[arvind13]

Raonic in 4 sets. especially if he serves well

 

[Sysyphus]

 

[Defcon]

It will be a cakewalk for Rafa, let's be honest.

 

[Tennis sensation]

Nadal in 4 sets.

 

[uliks]

Nadal. Easy...

 

[Defcon]

Monfils has broken Nadal in the 4th set. Definitely premature...

No.

 

[Djokovic_is_the_best#1]

Nadal will win the big points. Plus he has the experience and mental edge. Rafa in 4!

 

[Nostradamus]

If nadal can handle Zeverev serve, he can handle Milos's serve. Enough said

 

[jaggy]

He's a lumberjack and he wins in 4

 

[H_Richardson]

No.

When the match takes an hour and a half longer after the thread has been made, I think it's a little premature. In no way did I say Monfils would come back.

 

[ZiggyStardust]

If nadal can handle Zeverev serve, he can handle Milos's serve. Enough said

You don't seriously mean that Zverev's serve is in any way comparable to Raonic's do you?

 

[Red Rick]

Someone else make a thread, we shouldn't support this blatent (but correct) insult to the Clown.

This is an insult to the forum. Its a crap thread. QFs at slams should have a better OP than this

 

[Dan Z]

Genuinely hope Nadal wins this. The prospect of having Raonic in the semi / final is too much to bear. Tennis would die.

 

[Deleted member 512391]

He's a lumberjack and he wins in 4

He sleeps all night and he trains all day.

 

[La Grande]

Hahahahaha the way people root for Rafa to lose is funny. When he loses, people immediately look to the next guy who can take him out.

It's like a mob boss escaping a hit on a tv show, the people targeting him think "ok, we can get him next week when goes here"

 

[vanioMan]

Seems to me that Milos is the slight favorite. I see this going 5 sets.

 

[rainingaces]

Night match for Rafa.
Day match for Raonic.

 

[Sellers]

Hahahahaha the way people root for Rafa to lose is funny. When he loses, people immediately look to the next guy who can take him out.

It's like a mob boss escaping a hit on a tv show, the people targeting him think "ok, we can get him next week when goes here"

They are probably afraid of the outside chance he could play Fed in the final and topspin him to death.

 

[AceSalvo]

Nadal in the finals is surely good for tennis given how the Serb and the Brit are physically / mentally shot.

 

[Terenigma]

Noone is gonna make a new thread then? FINE.

Raonic in 3. Will blow Nadal off the court

 

[Deleted member 512391]

It's gonna be a good one. Nadal is playing well, despite some small lapses against Monfils (third set in particular and the first part of fourth), his confidence seems to be there and the Zverev match confirmed that. In 2015-2016, he used to lose such matches (Fognini, Verdasco, Pouille). His slice serve looks solid and he is trying to be aggressive.

Miloš is in a great form. He beat Rafa in Brisbane after losing the first set and that's a huge thing, he isn't afraid of him. He was clutch in crucial moments and, like Zverev, had success by attacking Rafa's forehand relentlessly and his serve will trouble Nadal a lot because of his five meters behind the baseline returning position, unless Nadal changes something drastically.

I expect a brutal battle.

 

[stringertom]

Up a set and a break, The Giraffe slips in a pool of Mallorcan sweat and retires, proving he's an alien Canadian not adept on playing a sport on slippery surfaces.

Nadal in five.

 

[vive le beau jeu !]

too much nadal in this tournament... this is becoming truly unhealthy.

the canadian lumberjack to prepare a brutally but thinly minced bull steak tartare with his sharp axe.
(don't forget the capers)

 

[joekapa]

This is very tough to call.

Milos is simply not afraid of the big names anymore, and he has become more clutch as time goes on. He showed that in the first set tiebreaker against Agut.

It's not going to be a pushover for either of them.

Still think Milos is in better form, but give Nadal the edge because of experience. 60% nadal, 40% Milos.

 

[Steve0904]

Raonic will like his chances in this one. It's probably time for him to beat Rafa at a slam, too. I think he's ready. If Nadal had gone through the Monfils match in consistent form I would've favoured him, but those last 2 sets weren't good at all. So with that said,

Raonic in 4.

 

[Feather]

Raonic will like his chances in this one. It's probably time for him to beat Rafa at a slam, too. I think he's ready.

Raonic in 4.

I too have a feeling like that. Roger lost to him in Wimbledon last year. Raonic is here to stay.

 

[InsideOut900]

Milos is simply not afraid of the big names anymore, and he has become more clutch as time goes on. He showed that in the first set tiebreaker against Agut.

Raonic will like his chances in this one. It's probably time for him to beat Rafa at a slam, too. I think he's ready. If Nadal had gone through the Monfils match in consistent form I would've favoured him, but those last 2 sets weren't good at all. So with that said,

Raonic in 4.

I tend to agree with this.
What I didn't like about Raonic against RBA is that he had huge lapses and was fairly inconsistant before the 4th set.

The start was stellar,but much like Nishikori he suffered a meltdown after failing to get and extra break and needed a TB to put the set away.

 

[joekapa]

I tend to agree with this.
What I didn't like about Raonic against RBA is that he had huge lapses and was fairly inconsistant before the 4th set.

The start was stellar,but much like Nishikori he suffered a meltdown after failing to get and extra break and needed a TB to put the set away.

But he won it didn't he ? That's the thing. He has become a clutch player. He will battle till the last point.

 

[tennisaddict]

Rafa in 5. Mugs will be mugs

 

[Steve0904]

I tend to agree with this.
What I didn't like about Raonic against RBA is that he had huge lapses and was fairly inconsistant before the 4th set.

The start was stellar,but much like Nishikori he suffered a meltdown after failing to get and extra break and needed a TB to put the set away.

Tbh, I haven't seen any of Raonic's matches in full, or much at all really, but I think younger guys like Raonic can recover from lost sets quicker than 30 year olds. And maybe being slightly tested will actually help Raonic. That's what I think. Sometimes it's better to win a couple 4 setters than it is to breeze through.

 

[Djokovic2011]

too much nadal in this tournament... this is becoming truly unhealthy.

the canadian lumberjack to prepare a brutally but thinly minced bull steak tartare with his sharp axe.
(don't forget the capers)

We all know there's nothing you like more than a good denadalization of the draw vive.

 

[InsideOut900]

But he won it didn't he? That's the thing. He has become a clutch player. He will battle till the last point.

I have no doubt that he will fight,however he has to win the match because it is a very good chance for him to actually win the whole thing and inconsistant play is gonna doom him,even if he produces a few clutch moments.
Serve big,consistant pressure. Nadal might become passive in this case and their it goes his chance

 

[Doctor/Lawyer Red Devil]

Welcome back to the 2nd week of Grand Slams, Bull.

Unleash THE BEAST!

 

[StanTheMan]

Rafa in five to save tennis from the this mindless serve machine

 

[JonnyMac]

Finland to reduce it's population by one.

 

[ArcspacE]

Finland to reduce it's population by one.

*its

 

[JonnyMac]

*its

T1TS !