I'm not really saying Pospisil is a better player than Milos per se, just that he's a tougher matchup for the top players than Milos is because Milos is still for the most part a one-trick pony and Pospisil has a more rounded game that can offer more challenges (and he actually even took a set of Federer in a final, in Switzerland, indoors no less, so yeah...). But Milos has to serve at such a nearly perfect level to beat the Federer's and Nadal's of the world. Guys like Ferrer and Berdych and Wawrinka and Del Potro (when healthy) are much more dangerous than Milos to the top guys because they can offer variety. Milos has to serve at nearly 90% not just to win, but to have a chance to win. The margin of error is incredibly thin for Milos.
I mean Ferrer has more set wins and breaks of Roger in the last two weeks than Milos has ever done to him. Milos is improving to be sure, but he's not even in the wave of next guys yet like Berdych and Ferrer because he can't even beat the top guys like those other guys have. Until he develops the full game he can rely upon, other players can expose him badly (namely by working the backhand which Fed did extensively Saturday).
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