Raonic - Fognini: 1st round Wimbledon

Who's going to win?


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Marius_Hancu

Talk Tennis Guru
Tomorrow at 7AM EST, court 14 at Wimbledon:

Gentlemen's Singles - 1st Round
Fabio Fognini(ITA) vs. Milos Raonic(CAN)[31]

I don't think it will be shown on streaming (livescorehunter seems to show only courts: Center, 1, 2, 3, 12, 18 , which is a lot anyway).
We'll see.

Very tough match.
Fognini is better at returning and a good fighter, Raonic at serving and the net. Raonic has had good results on grass recently in Halle, but his experience isn't of long date.

Could go to 4 or 5.
 
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romeo8880

G.O.A.T.
Raonic in 4......although I still am trying to understand why everybody is so high on this guy. Haven't seen much of him but he didn't impress me in his last tournament, so maybe someone can fill me in on what the hype is all about.
 

Mustard

Bionic Poster
Raonic in 4......although I still am trying to understand why everybody is so high on this guy. Haven't seen much of him but he didn't impress me in his last tournament, so maybe someone can fill me in on what the hype is all about.

Raonic started 2011 ranked 156 in the world. He's now number 26 in the world and was as high as number 25 at one stage. He started the year strongly, getting to the fourth round of the Australian Open as a qualifier, winning the title in San Jose and pushing Roddick to the limit in the Memphis final. He had a semi final in Estoril as well.
 

romeo8880

G.O.A.T.
Raonic started 2011 ranked 156 in the world. He's now number 26 in the world and was as high as number 25 at one stage. He started the year strongly, getting to the fourth round of the Australian Open as a qualifier, winning the title in San Jose and pushing Roddick to the limit in the Memphis final. He had a semi final in Estoril as well.


Thank you. He's been flying under my radar that's for sure. Sounds like a promising talent though.
 

Hood_Man

G.O.A.T.
Raonic in 3. He isn't an underdog any more, he should be expected to win on a non clay surface.

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Matches I mean, not the whole tournament. Let's not go too far!
 

Legend of Borg

G.O.A.T.
Fognini reaches the QF where he faces Nole for a second time.

He retires again leaving Djoker with several days rest.

Nole loses to Fed in SF.

That would be so lol worthy.
 

Tchocky

Hall of Fame
Does anybody really care about this match? Milos in 3 or 4. It's going to rain all week. They probably won't even get to play.
 

Pwned

Hall of Fame
Does anybody really care about this match? Milos in 3 or 4. It's going to rain all week. They probably won't even get to play.
Since some people are looking for Raonic to make it into the top 10 and his game is very much suited to grass then yes, people are caring about this match. The winner may also end up playing Nadal. And we know how Nadal did against a big server on clay....
 

Keld0r

New User
im cheering for Raonic, i'd love to see a Canadian in the top 10. Fognini is very experienced though so it will be tough.
 

Marius_Hancu

Talk Tennis Guru
The BOMB:

Fognini seems to be out, and in comes LL Marc Gicquel. Tough player, once 3rd round at W.
We're on.

Raonic 2-0 already??
Make that 3-0. We're good.
 
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Marius_Hancu

Talk Tennis Guru
End of 1st set:

Gicquel (FRA) Raonic (CAN)

1st Serve % 17 of 26 = 65 % 11 of 19 = 58 %
Aces 2 6
Double Faults 1 0
Unforced Errors 6 5
Winning % on 1st Serve 12 of 17 = 71 % 11 of 11 = 100 %
Winning % on 2nd Serve 4 of 9 = 44 % 5 of 8 = 63 %
Winners 6 13
Receiving Points Won 3 of 19 = 16 % 10 of 26 = 38 %
Break Point Conversions 0 of 0 = % 1 of 2 = 50 %
Net Approaches 4 of 5 = 80 % 6 of 6 = 100 %
Total Points Won 19 26
 

newmark401

Professional
"apart from the serve % Raonic is not looking that good."

I haven't seen Raonic play before and I'm finding it difficult to gauge the level of his play because Gicquel is so bad. But I like that Raonic isn't afraid to approach the net sometimes.
 

zagor

Bionic Poster
3 BPs for Milos,Gicquel is making errors all over the place now.

Another game for Milos! He breaks and leads 2-0 in the 3d.
 
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