rideclutch
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Milos served great, volleyed well, played aggressive (maybe not enough) hard to really knock his performance. Novak had done his homework though, exploited his weaknesses pretty hardcore.
Australian Open - Day 10
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tasmanlvr
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Hahahaha I literaly posted my impression of my build up on my Facebook. Thought I'd copypasta here.
"A Swiss man put away Novak Djokovic for his brutal backhand. But he's paid his debts, and now, he's going to get revenge... on Stanislas Wawrinka."
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He sure did mate and I couldn't believe what I heard as well. Absolutely cringing to the max!
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Milos was evenly matched in the first set with Djokovic but after losing the tiebreak narrowly his confidence dropped and Djokovic had complete control after that especially winning break points early in both the second and third set.
Raonic had a go and his effort couldn't be questioned but Djokovic was just far too good and another whole level above him. This match demonstrated that Milos still has a lot of work to do to be competing with the very top players of the ATP.
His inability to hit backhand winners made the rallies very difficult for him.
Djokovic just kept him restricted to the right hand corner of the court.
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Cringiest moment was when Bruce asked who had had the better serving night
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he's virtually the perfect physique for tennis isn't he. 80kg which is just enough to mix it with the power players but lean enough to keep everyone else half a step behind at all times.
How good is it watching Hingis play? She is a great player, one of the smartest on a tennis court that I've ever seen.
incredibly smart, wish i saw more of her at her peak.
LukeParkerno1
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Hingis could easily still compete now in singles
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Easily. She lost to Radwanska in a competitive match not long ago, then won their next encounter. Still a pretty damn good player to watch.
LukeParkerno1
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Probably not a glowing endorsement as Aga well....she is pretty bad right now. But I know your point. Wonder if she'll have a crack, she has said in the past 'never say never'.
She would get overpowered by the big hitters, but would be more than competitive with players ranked outside the top 15.
LukeParkerno1
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Couldn't be any worse than Sara Errani, Andrea Petkovic, Radwankska...etc. Yes would get pumped by Serena...who doesn't.
rideclutch
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Absolutely; it's a bit self-perpetuating too since Raonic prefers to crack the inside-out forehand, not the one where he has to run onto it from backhand corner.
Thought it was a great example of the gulf between the truly elite and the others that Raonic, who's definitely improved, is still so far off troubling the top echelon.
