Raonic

[kiteboard]

He didn't just come out of nowhere. He's been playing itfs, and Canadian davis cup. He went with Blanco to Barcelona, which he said, "Was amazing." HIs tension is too low at 42/44 (45/47 at IW desert air), for him to be consistent against any top pro off the ground. He plays now with the blx blade 98, (paint job of an h22?) after the k blade in Memphis/san jose. Uses lux. m2 pro. His serve is with an eastern grip. He hurt his back against Fish, and did not serve well against Harrison, who had a 2-1 record against him in the juniors. He played too defensively against Harrison, just blocking many shots and returns, while Harrison attacked with far more aggression, faster foot work, more body weight into his shots, and a more accurate serve. He was more pumped up, to beat the up and coming star, while Raonic looked almost bored out there. Won six of seven matches against top 20 players in a month.

I guess Harrison is just not a threat enough for him to pump up, after rising from 156 to 37 in just under two months. (Becker did it.) Reminds me of Connors, with his slight strut in his walk.

 

[Sid_Vicious]

Yeah, Milos did not take his match with Harrison and Roddick seriously. Those losses don't matter to him. Milos is saving himself for the grand slam events.

 

[Rock Strongo]

He didn't just come out of nowhere. He's been playing itfs, and Canadian davis cup. He went with Blanco to Barcelona, which he said, "Was amazing." HIs tension is too low at 42/44 (45/47 at IW desert air), for him to be consistent against any top pro off the ground. He plays now with the blx blade 98, (paint job of an h22?) after the k blade in Memphis/san jose. Uses lux. m2 pro. His serve is with an eastern grip. He hurt his back against Fish, and did not serve well against Harrison, who had a 2-1 record against him in the juniors. He played too defensively against Harrison, just blocking many shots and returns, while Harrison attacked with far more aggression, faster foot work, more body weight into his shots, and a more accurate serve. He was more pumped up, to beat the up and coming star, while Raonic looked almost bored out there. Won six of seven matches against top 20 players in a month.

I guess Harrison is just not a threat enough for him to pump up, after rising from 156 to 37 in just under two months. (Becker did it.) Reminds me of Connors, with his slight strut in his walk.

Actually, rising that fast is considered coming out of nowhere. I mean, who would expect him to play an amazingly high level of tennis for being 20 years old and being ranked #4823094 million or whatever it was when the year began?

 

[mathieu]

He didn't just come out of nowhere. He's been playing itfs, and Canadian davis cup. He went with Blanco to Barcelona, which he said, "Was amazing." HIs tension is too low at 42/44 (45/47 at IW desert air), for him to be consistent against any top pro off the ground. He plays now with the blx blade 98, (paint job of an h22?) after the k blade in Memphis/san jose. Uses lux. m2 pro. His serve is with an eastern grip. He hurt his back against Fish, and did not serve well against Harrison, who had a 2-1 record against him in the juniors. He played too defensively against Harrison, just blocking many shots and returns, while Harrison attacked with far more aggression, faster foot work, more body weight into his shots, and a more accurate serve. He was more pumped up, to beat the up and coming star, while Raonic looked almost bored out there. Won six of seven matches against top 20 players in a month.

I guess Harrison is just not a threat enough for him to pump up, after rising from 156 to 37 in just under two months. (Becker did it.) Reminds me of Connors, with his slight strut in his walk.

So what's your point?

 

[Lsmkenpo]

He didn't just come out of nowhere. He's been playing itfs, and Canadian davis cup. He went with Blanco to Barcelona, which he said, "Was amazing." HIs tension is too low at 42/44 (45/47 at IW desert air), for him to be consistent against any top pro off the ground. He plays now with the blx blade 98, (paint job of an h22?) after the k blade in Memphis/san jose. Uses lux. m2 pro. His serve is with an eastern grip. He hurt his back against Fish, and did not serve well against Harrison, who had a 2-1 record against him in the juniors. He played too defensively against Harrison, just blocking many shots and returns, while Harrison attacked with far more aggression, faster foot work, more body weight into his shots, and a more accurate serve. He was more pumped up, to beat the up and coming star, while Raonic looked almost bored out there. Won six of seven matches against top 20 players in a month.

I guess Harrison is just not a threat enough for him to pump up, after rising from 156 to 37 in just under two months. (Becker did it.) Reminds me of Connors, with his slight strut in his walk.

Where to start? Lets see, who thinks he came out of nowhere obviously he isn't new to the sport. Is there someone posting he just picked up a racquet a few weeks ago or something.

He didn't switch racquets between tournaments just paintjobs.

You than contradict yourself saying Harrison had a winning edge in the h2h playing in the juniors, yet Raonic didn't consider him enough of a threat to get up for the match. Give me a break.

Lastly, he doesnt use an eastern grip to serve he just cocks his wrist at the start it is continental. here is a pic.

 

[pound cat]

Raonic is in a great position ...no points to lose and he can only go up in ranking. Next year will be the tough (and interesting) one.

 

[Manus Domini]

HIs tension is too low at 42/44 (45/47 at IW desert air), for him to be consistent against any top pro off the ground.

IIRC Federer strings at 47 and a half at times.

 

[kiteboard]

He may use both continental and eastern, but his wrist angle in shot that I saw, was 45 degree, not cocked back.

 

[SuperDuy]

Hey kiteboard is he your favorite player now, you seem to mention him quite a bit. Have you seen him play live?

 

[kiteboard]

No, but he will be a slam winner, probably wimby first, if he raises his string tension, and changes string to a vs team como hybrid. Raonic, if you are listening, string that pj of an h22 to vs team mains, og micro crosses, 60/57.

 

[MixieP]

He didn't just come out of nowhere.

We know that. He's been the GOAT for ages around here.

 

[TennisAddict121]

HIs tension is too low at 42/44 (45/47 at IW desert air), for him to be consistent against any top pro off the ground. He plays now with the blx blade 98, (paint job of an h22?) after the k blade in Memphis/san jose.

Well you are wrong about 2 things here, it is a legit kblade not an H22, not every wilson pro using a blade is using a H22. Also pros can afford to string at lower tensions because they already have so much control especially with polys. It is club players that have it wrong by stringing polys at tensions at 55 lbs or higher. General rule of thumb is by doing so you lose all characteristics and points of a poly. There are exceptions but then again tension is subjective there is no real set rule

 

[kiteboard]

He changed the stick at iw, going with a blx blade 98. Shane mikic of Brisbane said it was a stock k blade before that. So is the blx blade 98 a pj of a stock k blade? No.
I don't care who you are, you cannot control that frame at 42/44, and be consistent.
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[jmverdugo]

No, but he will be a slam winner, probably wimby first, if he raises his string tension, and changes string to a vs team como hybrid. Raonic, if you are listening, string that pj of an h22 to vs team mains, og micro crosses, 60/57.

Yes, obviously his current set up isn't working at all, is not like he is winning matchs and tournaments or anything like that...

 

[ci2ca]

He changed the stick at iw, going with a blx blade 98. Shane mikic of Brisbane said it was a stock k blade before that. So is the blx blade 98 a pj of a stock k blade? No.
I don't care who you are, you cannot control that frame at 42/44, and be consistent.
http://sports.nationalpost.com/tag/milos-raonic/

Unless proven otherwise, I'm pretty sure it's just a paint job of his previous stick. And just because you can't doesn't mean other people can't.

 

[TennisAddict121]

He changed the stick at iw, going with a blx blade 98. Shane mikic of Brisbane said it was a stock k blade before that. So is the blx blade 98 a pj of a stock k blade? No.
I don't care who you are, you cannot control that frame at 42/44, and be consistent.
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Well he is consistent, if you personally can't it is most likely because your form is terrible. But pros can because they are pros and not 4.0 scrubs you find on the tennis court. Not to mention every player on my college team and most d1 players I train with all use polys strung around 50 lbs. And we would blast almost any player off the court

And it is a PJ of the BLX Blade over his previous stick...

 

[fleabitten]

He may use both continental and eastern, but his wrist angle in shot that I saw, was 45 degree, not cocked back.

He does. I sat behind him at IW, and he switches to an eastern grip at the last moment before he hits the ball sometimes.

 

[kiteboard]

Well he is consistent, if you personally can't it is most likely because your form is terrible. But pros can because they are pros and not 4.0 scrubs you find on the tennis court. Not to mention every player on my college team and most d1 players I train with all use polys strung around 50 lbs. And we would blast almost any player off the court

And it is a PJ of the BLX Blade over his previous stick...

How do you know if it's a pj or not? I dare you to drop your tension to 42/44 in a 98 in frame, and go out and play your college matches. (Big mouth won't dare do it, as he knows he will lose.) You won't win a set. My point was, he switched to the stick, from his old stick. I used a question mark, if it was a pj, as I could not determine from close ups watching the matches. You then told me I was wrong, he was using his old frame, and when I put up a pic proving he wasn't, you then claimed it was just a pj, without any proof at all. Just another key board *****. You also claimed he only used a continental, and here is a guy who was up next to him, saying otherwise. It's called having your head handed to you, when you spit out **** of which you know nothing.

He does. I sat behind him at IW, and he switches to an eastern grip at the last moment before he hits the ball sometimes.

[I[/I]

I've played and beaten more than one D1 big mouthed punk kid.

 

[Manus Domini]

How do you know if it's a pj or not? I dare you to drop your tension to 42/44 in a 98 in frame, and go out and play your college matches. (Big mouth won't dare do it, as he knows he will lose.) You won't win a set.

Pardon me, but since when has one formula worked for everyone? Why does a tension that works for Raonic have to work for another person to be a successful tension someone should use?

By your reasoning, Nadal shouldn't win his matches because he uses his banana shot too much, at extents that would make other players play worse. And Gasquet's backhand shouldn't work because no one can hit a backhand like that consistently. Don't forget Segura's unusual 2hfh, which almost no one uses today and if you started playing a match like that you would probably lose. I guess Federer's tensions in the low forties made him into the failure he is today with so few slams. Maybe Roddick should stop abbreviating his serve motion because so few D1 college kids serve like he does. And I think we should also tell McEnroe S&Ving on the Senior's tour is not helpful because a bunch of D1 kids cannot win matches like that. :|

I've played and beaten more than one D1 big mouthed punk kid.

Yeah, well those who brag are those who succeed the least and want attention.

 

[kiteboard]

Fed dropped his tens. from 54 down to the forties, and he has not won a slam, since, other than one. So it's 15-1 for the higher tension. It's not working for Raonic, against the better guys, and even against Harrison, he could not keep the ball in the court.

 

[li0scc0]

I don't care who you are, you cannot control that frame at 42/44, and be consistent.
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Jack Sock strings in the high 30's. A lot of guys are stringing this low, now.