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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
Even if Milos served at 80% it wouldn't have mattered, he just would have lost in two tiebreakers. In 6 matches against Fed, Milos has a whopping 8 break point chances and exactly 1 break of serve in 17 sets. Pospisil plays Federer tougher than Milos, I think Pospisil could even beat Federer but Milos has virtually no chance. Fed is a really bad matchup for Milos but I mean this is 33 year old Federer here, 25 year old Federer probably double bagels Milos. Another testament to Roger's greatness that at 33 he's far better than Milos will ever be at any point in his career.
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Its a tough matchup for Raonic and always will be but let's not get crazy here. Roger is still better then 98% of the top 100 players on tour are now or ever will be. Federer was playing very poorly in the early rounds of the tournament and was lucky to get through the first couple matches. He cleaned up his net game immensely in the back half of the tournament and started serving the lights out which equals essentially no chance for any player on tour. Especially not one that is struggling on serve which is also their primary weapon in Raonic. Milos deserved a much better fate in that second set and can hold his head high that he was able to pick his game up and fight back.
Why do people always feel the need to give Pospisil so many concessions? If the guy hadn't pulled off a miracle run in Washington he'd be borderline out of the top 100 players at this point. There's a big difference to playing a top 10 player in the first rounds of a tournament compared to latter stages when they are firing on all cylanders. He's got a long way to go.