Adolfo Rios Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Raonic does look like he would start chewing on the balls if left alone on court long enough. He might make the odd quarter or semi final, like he has here, with a bit of luck in the draw but he is far too one dimensional to take on the big guys and hurt them. Take away his serve and he would be top 30 player at best IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Raonic is a choke merchant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Poor man's Roddick. Please dont insult Roddick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elixir Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Shitebag. He'll never win a major. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adolfo Rios Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 An inevitably easy match for Djokovic. Wawrinka should pose him some problems but it's hard to look past Djokovic in 4 sets at most. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throbber Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Why the hatred for Raonic? Decent player all other times i have watched but hammered today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
booitsme7 Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Only saw the last set of the Djokovic match. I am looking forward to his Semi-Final match against Wawrinka hopefully it will be a 5 set cracker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Why the hatred for Raonic? Decent player all other times i have watched but hammered today All he really has in his locker is a big serve, been lots of times like today when he comes up against someone who can actually get the ball back in play that he has nothing else to offer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
booitsme7 Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Women's Semi-finals tomorrow but before them is a Men's Doubles match so the first Women's match which is Sharapova match is not due on till 2.30am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
booitsme7 Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Also the main event tomorrow morning is this match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonsilitis Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 There's been a lot of talk about Danny Vallverdu coaching Berdych now and being able to give him a good steer on a game plan to beat Murray. Personally, I think that's not much of a factor as all the top players know each other's game inside out. Murray on his game is capable of mixing up the play better than just about anyone on the tour and his variety might be good enough to see him through. He does have to serve well though as throughout his career, his second serve has been mince and Berdych will eat them up. I noticed against Kyrgios, Murray eased off a bit in terms of power which meant Kyrgios had to generate much of the power on his returns himself. It also gave Murray a high percentage of first serves which he was absolutely solid behind. Might be a play against Berdych although Berdych will be far less likely than Kyrgios to stop and admire his shot when he thinks he has hit a winner only to find it comes straight back at him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 I would have berdych as fav here. Cant see him going through and choking in final ala wimbledon 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 I would have berdych as fav here. Can see him going through and choking in final ala wimbledon 2010 Amended Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 I disagree, Murray looks like the best player on the planet right now. And he's spent the least time on court and looks extrenely fresh and up for a scrap. Reminds me of his maiden GS run in '12. Sort of like 'no fucker is beating me here, not a chance'. I realise I've just jinxed it of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lichtie23 Posted January 28, 2015 Author Share Posted January 28, 2015 Murray should definitely be favourite. Though I heard Andy saying that he believes Berdych is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throbber Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Murray should definitely be favourite. Though I heard Andy saying that he believes Berdych is. Mind games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 There's been a lot of talk about Danny Vallverdu coaching Berdych now and being able to give him a good steer on a game plan to beat Murray. Personally, I think that's not much of a factor as all the top players know each other's game inside out. Murray on his game is capable of mixing up the play better than just about anyone on the tour and his variety might be good enough to see him through. He does have to serve well though as throughout his career, his second serve has been mince and Berdych will eat them up. I noticed against Kyrgios, Murray eased off a bit in terms of power which meant Kyrgios had to generate much of the power on his returns himself. It also gave Murray a high percentage of first serves which he was absolutely solid behind. Might be a play against Berdych although Berdych will be far less likely than Kyrgios to stop and admire his shot when he thinks he has hit a winner only to find it comes straight back at him. Murray is playing differently this season to when Vallerdu was there, subtle differences but certainly noticeable. Berdych is going to play how Berdych plays. Great serve, and booming ground strokes, but he is weak off his back hand. Murray has more variety in his game. Murray will not want to lose this match. As you say everyone knows how each other plays. Berdych also looked in imperious form last season until he met a lacklusture Wawrinka in the semi final, and choked under pressure. So far Berdych has not being under much pressure. He has played Falla, Troicki, Tomic and Melzer anyone in the top eight should be beating those comfortably. I feel his win over Nadal has seen him over rated to an extent. Nadal was waiting for someone to hammer. Should be interesting. I have a sneaky feeling for Wawrinka on Friday too. Last three grand slam matches have all been five sets. I would expect something similar. If Wawrinka can serve well he certainly has a chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bairn Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Even if Wawrinka doesn't win on Friday we could see a scenario where the semi final consists of Djokovic and a "second tier" guy beating each other up for 4+ hours and allowing Andy to capitalise on a clearly fatigued Djokovic on the Sunday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Even if Wawrinka doesn't win on Friday we could see a scenario where the semi final consists of Djokovic and a "second tier" guy beating each other up for 4+ hours and allowing Andy to capitalise on a clearly fatigued Djokovic on the Sunday. Agree. But oz 2012 murray v joker was Friday game(5 hrs) and then he beat Nadal (6hrs) on sunday. 2009 oz. Nadal v verdasco was friday game (5.5hrs) then beat fed in final.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bairn Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Agree. But oz 2012 murray v joker was Friday game(5 hrs) and then he beat Nadal (6hrs) on sunday. 2009 oz. Nadal v verdasco was friday game (5.5hrs) then beat fed in final.... Sorry I was comparing it to wimbledon 2013, forgot to make that clear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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