The Tennis Thread

[GirlySports]

Poposil is in the semifinals in Leon, Mexico. Big points!

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Verdasco beats Anderson in 3 sets... Roanic and Simon are currently in a 3rd set!

[GirlySports]

Raonic has won! 7-6, 4-6, 6-3!

Raonic vs Verdasco at around 11am!

[Matty81]

Wasn't sure what was happening with Raonic today after his match got stopped yesterday. Surprised he has to play twice today when Verdasco did not.

Was excited to watch it yesterday and I ended up FFWDing through 2 or 3 hours of the Canucks panel after the rain delay.

Great for Milos anyway, big win - 90 more points should take him up to #24 or so regardless of todays outcome. Sets him up nicely for the biggies in Madrid and Rome.

Thanks for the updates on the other Canadians too, good to see everyone having such a great week.

[CofR]

It would be sooo good to see Raonic beat Verdasco on clay.

[GirlySports]

Verdasco has to play twice today too. He played 2 sets earlier as well.

[GirlySports]

I hear it's pissing down rain again in Portugal with the Del Potro semifinal in the 2nd set.

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The Madrid 1000 draw is out, it's a terrible draw for Raonic.

He gets Feliciano Lopez in the first round and if he passes that.. it's Roger Federer!

http://www.madridopen.info/cuadros/atps.pdf

[Mango]

I just saw on a Canadian Press Sportsbreak that Raonic withdrew from this match with Verdasco in the second set. I'm not sure what happened.

[GirlySports]

Hopefully not an injury and just illness or tiredness from playing twice.

As Matty81 said, Raonic receives 20,700 EUROS, 90 ATP points and is now #24 in the World.

[Mango]

Sounds like his back was bothering him, according to Tennis Canada.

[GirlySports]

Yes, probably is .. 3 setters + rain delays + playing twice in one day can't be good for the back. Good to rest up and get ready for Lopez on Monday or Tuesday.

[GirlySports]

Both Dancevic and Pospisil (i finally got his name right) lost their semifinals

33 points for both which makes a for a good week. Pospisil will get close to the top 250 now.

[GirlySports]

Del Potro disintegrates Verdasco 6-2 6-2.

Raonic enters the top 25 for the first time.

The top 25 going into Madrid are.

1 Nadal (ESP) 11915
2 Djokovic (SRB)9710
3 Federer (SWI) 8690
4 Murray (GBR) 5815
5 Soderling (SWE) 5235
6 Ferrer (ESP) 4330
7 Berdych (CZE) 3900
8 Melzer (AUT) 3055
9 Almagro (ESP) 2735
10 Monfils (FRA) 2690
11 Fish (USA) 2401
12 Roddick (USA) 2290
13 Youzhny (RUS) 2285
14 Wawrinka (SWI) 2000
15 Troicki (SRB) 1815
16 Gasquet (FRA) 1745
17 Verdasco (ESP) 1700
18 Querrey (USA) 1585
19 Simon (FRA) 1565
20 Cilic (HRV) 1530
21 Dolgopolov (UKR) 1500
22 Tsonga (FRA) 1445
23 Nalbandian (ARG) 1445
24 Baghdatis (CYP) 1375
25 Raonic (CAN) 1357

[GirlySports]

It's early but watching a bit so far, the Madrid court looks really fast. Good for Milos.

Also looking forward to a possible Del Potro-Nadal 3rd round match. fast court favours delpo

[GirlySports]

Raonic vs. Lopez coming up after the Del Potro match currently on Sportsnet ONE.
So around 8:30ish? Hopefully they show it

[GirlySports]

grrr looks like Sportsnet ONE is stuck showing Verdasco vs. Lu

sportsnet.ca has a special feed showing Milos.

[GirlySports]

Raonic takes the first set 6-4. He's just serving bombs! 11 Aces so far.

[GirlySports]

Milos loses the 2nd set in a tiebreak..

Meanwhile Verdasco lost the first set in a tiebreak to LU

LU!! Lu's never won a clay court match in his life!

[GirlySports]

awww Raonic loses to Lopez 4-6, 7-6, 6-4

Lu beat Verdasco. Verdasco just lost to a guy who had never won on clay ever!

[GirlySports]

Nadal-Federer Madrid semifinal going into a 3rd set.. pretty good stuff so far.

Draw for the ATP Rome 1000 is out.

http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2011/416/mds.pdf

RAONIC VS VERDASCO

FIRST ROUND!!!!!

[nemanja2306]

Another Djokovic - Nadal final... Two best players in the world right now, fitting.