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Originally Posted by moon
Has he done anything impressive in a real tournament to justify that?
He had a lucky run to the 3rd round(?) last year in one major if I remember correctly but didn't he go out early in the other ones?
It seems like every time I see him playing it is in tournaments where the top guy is ranked 10-15th.
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I think he can be a top 15-20 player. I don't know about the GS part. It would be awfully hard and a lot of things would really need to go Raonic's way. I do think the sky is the limit for the Raonic, baring any serious injuries. He's got a solid demeanour on the court, takes criticism well and is always willing to improve his game. He's got a great coach in Blanco too. However, as GirlySports mentioned, he's playing at a time where Nadal and Djokovic don't appear to be slowing down any soon.
He made it to the round of 16 last year at the Aussie Open and looked like he was going to upset David Ferrer, but just didn't have enough gas left in the tank. In Wimbledon, he was hurt, I believe?
I was a little floored when I heard the commentators make that comment about him. Then they started to lose a bit of credibility with me when they said Raonic was born in Bosnia, which is located in Montenegro.