2014 Wimbledon Semi: Raonic v Federer

[Murat B.]

Killer DTL backhand gives the break to Roger. Assuming he goes through, that shot is the key to competing with Nole.

 

[DarthFed]

Well this should be all she wrote, 1 bad service game each set and Roger is returning better than I figured

 

[Murat B.]

Darth, as far as returning huge servers, Roger is right up there with the best of them....He struggles with average serves..

 

[crystalfire]

real really dont see anything special about raonic. pretty much just serve is all hes got

 

[Murat B.]

Roger holds to go up 2 sets to 0....Germany up 1-0 against France.

 

[DarthFed]

He has struggled a lot more the past 4-5 years with big serves, thats part of the reason he loses more to giants now

 

[DarthFed]

But he has taken advantage both times Milos has opened the door today and thats made it a breeze thus far

 

[crystalfire]

if fed serves like this and keeps his return up hes got a good shot at 8

 

[DarthFed]

If Roger plays well and stays strong on Sunday he will win, Djokovic is too up and down

 

[DarthFed]

and is often up against it vs. Roger on fast surfaces

 

[Murat B.]

Darth, I am not too sure if it is the big "servers" he is losing to , as opposed to big hitters overall, like Bird.

 

[Murat B.]

He does not lose to Milos or Karlovic for example.

 

[DarthFed]

Well being both a big serve and hitter helps, but youve seen him drop 1 here and there to pure servers like Isner and Karlovic

 

[rafanoy1992]

The final will be a toss up similar to the Indian Wells finals

 

[DarthFed]

A bunch to Tsonga as well, seriously they wouldnt win a single match if you rolled 6 years off Roger, and most of it is the ROS

 

[Murat B.]

true

 

[GameSetAndMath]

while there is not much milos can do about other things, he should work on protecting his second serve

 

[DarthFed]

I dont see it as a tossup Rafanoy, but I bet the bookies will have it about that

 

[GameSetAndMath]

just like in dubai, fed will win the finals here

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

Milos in 4
I went against the Master, he will be over-powered by the serve!

I'm disappointed, usually your predictions are accurate and you often side with Roger.

Kiu likes a spoiler, particularly on the ATP side.

Ah!
My dream of Milos vs. Dimi went down the drain.

Roger vs. Nole sounds good though.
I know who I will vote for.
#8 and #18 for Fed