Great win. It's matches like today's that you see Raonic's true potential. He held it together exceptionally well down the stretch against a very tough Tipsarevic on a surface that isn't his best. His ground game was solid and the serve was incredible. It was the kind of effort we'd all been waiting for in one of these marathons. The growth in his game is coming, even if it's taking longer than most wanted or expected.Another plus to this win is it now sets up the Raonic/Djokovic match that I've been waiting nearly 3 years for now. Djokovic should win, of course, but it will be a measuring stick for Milos and should only help him improve.As for the tie, yeah, Serbia is still the favourite. But if Canada wins the doubles tomorrow (about a 50/50 chance of that), it all will likely come down to Pospisil/Tipsarevic. And there's nothing certain about the outcome of such a match at all.
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