2019 Australian Open 2R - [16] Milos Raonic vs. Stan Wawrinka

[Enceladus]

ATP H2H: 4:2 for Wawrinka
GS H2H: 2:0 for Raonic
H2H at HC: 3:2 for Wawrinka

Both mutual matches on the GS tournaments won Raonic. Will he achieve the third victory over Stanimal?

 

[tennisaddict]

Hopefully Stan quashes Rao MUG, earth’s most boring player

 

[EasyGoing]

Don’t like this one for Stan - his return is atrocious and Raonic can do some damage on that weak 2nd delivery. A couple of tiebreaks for sure.

 

[BGod]

Wawrinka in 4 and he's sitting at 3.87-1 on moneyline for some reason up from yesterday. Did he get injured in practice or something?

 

[Deleted member 77403]

A match for the ages.

 

[icedevil0289]

over h2h leans towards Stan, but Milos did win their last two encounters, including a straight set win at the USO last year. I didn't get a chance to see stan against Gulbis, but it looks Gulbis probably would have emerged the winner if he hadn't tweaked his back, so Stan was quite fortunate there.

head says Milos.

 

[Red Rick]

Raonic, quite easily too.

 

[Poisoned Slice]

Raonic, quite easily too.

I think so.

 

[mike danny]

Going by the Gulbis match, Raonic should win.

 

[alexio]

over h2h leans towards Stan, but Milos did win their last two encounters

last three..and h2h leans towards milos coz just 4-3 ..but more important that first 4 meetings stan won but..trend has changed in milos favor since then)

 

[Doctor/Lawyer Red Devil]

Win this and reach the semifinal, MILOS. Me and all your other fans will celebrate your comeback among the best, I promise.

 

[AndyM]

I think Milos is in better form right now and should take this in either 3 or 4 sets

 

[acintya]

I cant stand Milos. I was trying very hard but he is just to boring :S

goWAW

 

[acintya]

Hopefully Stan quashes Rao MUG, earth’s most boring player

yeah ------- Milos is like boring like Melrose place, bonanza or that Spanish, Venezuela Esmeralda tv shows for low iq people

 

[Poisoned Slice]

yeah ------- Milos is like boring like Melrose place, bonanza or that Spanish, Venezuela Esmeralda tv shows for low iq people

Milos Raonic is a great fan of Dr. Michael Mancini.

 

[Capulin Zurdo]

I think Raonic is a bad match-up for Wawrinka as of late, however I'd edge either one depending on their form today.

 

[Deleted member 688153]

I'm gonna go have a shower, I want to get there a little early

 

[AndyM]

I wish this women's match would end quickly so we can get to Wawa and milosz on

 

[Deleted member 688153]

Why has Raonic beaten Stan at slams? I guess he's not good enough for Stan to care and enter Stanimal Mode

 

[lud]

Stan in three.
7-6,7-6,6-3

 

[Poisoned Slice]

 

[Deleted member 743545]

Raonic in 4. He seems to be in better form than Stan.

 

[Archsree]

Raonic is in pure robot mode. Stan having chat and high five with the child who did the coin toss. Raonic want nothing of sorts.

 

[PeteD]

Monster has GF. This is good.

 

[abmk]

Why has Raonic beaten Stan at slams? I guess he's not good enough for Stan to care and enter Stanimal Mode

AO 16, Raonic played great - his best slam run. served great, SnVed and volleyed well - and didn't give him enough rhythm.
USO 18, Stan blew the 1st set after having it in control and then sorta unravelled.

 

[Enceladus]

Raonic-Wawrinka 3:2
Net points won - Raonic 10/10, Wawrinka 0/0.

 

[NuBas]

Monster has GF. This is good.

How does Raonic get all these model GFs?

 

[King No1e]

If Dimitrov was a baby Fed, then Raonic is a baby Sampras. Such similarity the way his serve carries him into the net and his crisp volleys.

I'm a fan of him because it's rare to see a guy like this compete among baseliners who play long duels from the back.

 

[King No1e]

Baseline slugfests are not good for Raonic. He's gotta go aggressive or Stan will blast him off the court

 

[Enceladus]

Raonic-Wawrinka 5:4
Stan won only 4 points in Milos's service games.

 

[Enceladus]

Raonic-Wawrinka 5:5
Clear service game for Stan.

 

[PeteD]

How does Raonic get all these model GFs?

Perhaps his financial position plays a role. Plus, he is a household word in many suburbs of the GTA.

 

[abmk]

nice rally that !
30-15 Raonic.

 

[Enceladus]

Raonic-Wawrinka 6:5
Only the second point was scored by Stan when Milos was on the net.

 

[Enceladus]

Nice BH winner from Milos.

 

[abmk]

Raonic really went for his BH there !

 

[BeatlesFan]

Go Stan, win this TB! Have to say Raonic has shed all that fatness he had the last couple years. The drone looks fit.

 

[abmk]

TB time.

 

[upchuck]

This will be a long match, won't it? I need the night session to start on time!

 

[Poisoned Slice]

Wonderful from Raonic. Federer-esque inside out motion.

 

[Poisoned Slice]

Then the beauty crushing pass from Stan. Delicious.

 

[WhiskeyEE]

Mini break

 

[La Grande]

Wow

 

[abmk]

Raonic with a good point to get MB, but then misjudgement on next point costs him.

 

[BeatlesFan]

Two straight winners off Stan's BH!

 

[abmk]

Stan with a cracker of a BH DTL winner.
Stan trying to reverse troll Raonic for USO 2018 1st set ? (STan was clearly the better player in that set, but Raonic took it in the end)

 

[abmk]

Stan with an ace to make it 5-2.

 

[La Grande]

On the line FFSSS YESSS STAN

 

[abmk]

Raobot with back to back aces.
5-4 Stan.

 

[Poisoned Slice]

Huge and crisp p bacon.

Looks like 2 of the wise men could be unwise once more. @Red Rick

Get in Stan.