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[Milutinov Tata]

Trebalo bi ovim rezultatom da se vrati na 25. mesto i izjednači svoj najbolji renking.

Ovo znaci da ce mu to verovatno biti i mesto nosioca na AO, sto znaci u trecoj rundi ide na 1-8. Bice vrlo nezgodan protivnik bilo kome.

Edit: Sada vidim da je Soderling jos uvek medju 20, znaci ipak Milos izbegava najbolje u trecoj rundi

Edited by Milutinov Tata, 08 January 2012 - 23:49.

[delgado]

wrong ansver. Tipsa je deveti

[Ridjis]

lele, milose, definitivno si me kupio za sva vremena

Mилоше ожени је

[Milutinov Tata]

Mилоше ожени је

Verovatno mu je Barselona i ove godine u rasporedu, eto prilike

[Milutinov Tata]

CHENNAI, INDIA—Canada’s Milos Raonic had to work for his second career ATP title.

The hard-serving 21-year-old from Thornhill, Ont., beat top-seeded Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia 6-7 (4), 7-6 (4), 7-6 (4) in a serve-dominated final of the Chennai Open on Sunday.

Fourth-seeded Raonic hit 35 aces in a marathon match that lasted three hours, 16 minutes and didn’t feature a break of serve.

“It is an awesome feeling,” said the 21-year-old Raonic, who won all 48 of his service games during the week to become the first player to win a tournament without dropping serve since Swiss star Roger Federer at the 2008 grass-court tournament in Halle.

Raonic dropped only four points on serve in the first set and had four chances to break in the fourth game before Tipsarevic stole it on a tiebreaker.

“Tipsarevic took it away in the first set,” Raonic said. “But I took my opportunities in the second and third.”

Raonic established a 4-1 lead in the second-set tiebreaker before levelling the match on his second set point. He had to save break points early in the decider but dominated the tiebreaker with his serve.

“My serve is a big factor in my game ... in 99 per cent of my matches,” said Raonic, who averages a consistent 200 kilometres per hour on his first serve. “My job is to take care of my serve.”

The ninth-ranked Tipsarevic has now lost six-of-eight ATP finals in his career.

“Guys like Milos are special players,” Tipsarevic said after his first match against the Canadian. “It was a great game of tennis. Nobody knew till the end who would win.

“Unluckily for me it was I who lost. It was just a matter of a few points here and there. Hopefully the next time I will get the better of him.”

The Canadian is 2-1 in ATP World Tour finals, claiming his first title in San Jose last February. He followed that up by finishing runner-up to American Andy Roddick in Memphis a week later.

Raonic rose from No. 156 in the rankings to a career-high 25th last season before moving down slightly to his current No. 31. He won the ATP Newcomer of the Year award last year.

Raonic heads to Kooyong, Australia, to play in an exhibition event, a tuneup to the Australian Open in Melbourne, which begins Jan. 16.

Spoiler

By Damien Cox Sports ColumnistWhen a burgeoning tennis star is accomplishing feats that the great Roger Federer was the last to accomplish, it's time to take notice.So it's not just that Milos Raonic won the second ATP singles title of his career on Sunday in humid Chennai, India, a city of 5 million known as the so-called Detroit of India for its auto sector.

In beating the ninth-ranked player in the world, Janko Tipsarevic, in a marathon thriller, Raonic became the first tour player since Federer almost four years ago to win an event without losing serve in the entire tournament.

“Guys like Milos are special players,” said a gracious Tipsarevic after being aced a remarkable 35 times by the Maple Leaf Missile in the 6-7 (4), 7-6 (4), 7-6 (4) verdict.

This was the first truly convincing sign that Raonic has fully recovered from the hip injury he picked up on the lawns of Wimbledon last June, and exciting news for Canada as it prepares for a Davis Cup collision with the talented French next month in Vancouver.

Now, context matters here. This was an ATP 250 event, the lowest tier of men's tennis tournaments. At the same time Chennai was ongoing, similar tournaments were taking place in Qatar and Brisbane, Australia, spreading the talent of the men's tour to those three destinations. In Chennai, Tipsarevic was the No. 1 seed, while Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray were elsewhere.

It's the same level of tourney Raonic captured in San Jose last winter for his first ATP title when he defeated Fernando Verdasco of Spain.

The victory over Tipsarevic, however, was more impressive.

For starters, Verdasco is more of a clay-court player, while Tipsarevic is more accustomed to success on hard courts like that in Chennai.

The 27-year-old Serbian was one of the hottest players on the men's circuit last year, and this was tight, tense and hard-fought match that took more than three hours to play in humid conditions. Tipsarevic did his best to grind out points, to extend the Canadian as others had, trying to force Raonic to play longer points to exploit his vulnerabilities.

Raonic, however, didn't wilt, and showed more consistency, particularly on the backhand side. He couldn't break Tipsarevic either, but was utterly dominant when serving and outplayed the Serb in the tiebreaks that decided the second and third sets.

In all, Raonic hammered 76 aces in the tournament and saved every break point, including nine on Sunday.

“My job is to take care of my serve,” said Raonic. After the match, he took off his shoes and exuberantly flung them into the crowd.

When he first came back after hip surgery last September to play a Davis Cup match in Tel Aviv, Raonic was rusty and out of shape and fell to unknown Amir Weintraub. Fortunately for Canada, Vasek Pospisil had the weekend of his tennis life, and the Canadians advanced to the World Group for the first time since 2004.

Raonic went back for three weeks of training with coach Galo Blanco and then played five tournaments through the end of the ATP season, going 5-5 while making a semifinal in Stockholm before running out of gas against Gael Monfils of France.

As he had done at the end of 2010 before becoming, in the words of tennis analyst Patrick McEnroe, the “next big thing” on the men's tour, Raonic returned to Barcelona in December for intensive training under the watchful eye of Blanco, and has seemingly emerged ready to climb the rankings again.

Tipsarevic is the highest ranked player the Montenegro-born, Thornhill-raised Raonic has ever beaten, setting the stage for what Raonic hopes will be his most successful Grand Slam event so far, the Australian Open next week.

Then, of course, there's Davis Cup. Canada will have no chance of playing giant-slayer against the French unless Raonic is in top form. Canada's formula for an upset revolves around Raonic winning two singles match — a tall order itself — and then using veteran Daniel Nestor to capture the doubles.

On a fast indoor surface on the grounds of the University of British Columbia, Canada will have home advantage. Then again, the fact that in Qatar the final featured Monfils against countryman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, with Tsonga winning, shows the depth of talent France has at its disposal.

For now, Raonic, up to No. 25 in the world rankings, will head to Kooyong, Australia for a pre-Aussie Open warmup that will involve a deeper field, including Monfils, Tsonga, Americans Mardy Fish and Andy Roddick, and Czech star Tomas Berdych.

Raonic has proven he can play with the big boys. The next level of success beckons.

Edited by Milutinov Tata, 09 January 2012 - 04:31.

[vanjabarsa]

Mилоше ожени је

to bi mu bilo bolje nego gs titula

[Ridjis]

Мислиш већи успех у животу?

[alcesta]

Samo treba imati prave prioritete

[vanjabarsa]

verujem da je njemu tenis na prvom mestu. jos je mlad, tek punoletan

[Ridjis]

Неки проиграју још боље кад се ожене, ево наш Јанко је најбољи пример

[alcesta]

Pa da, Janku je žena objasnila da mu je tenis na prvom mestu eeee da se ranije oženio, pala bi i neka masters titula dosad

[William H. Bonney]

Pa da, Janku je žena objasnila da mu je tenis na prvom mestu eeee da se ranije oženio, pala bi i neka masters titula dosad

a, da oženi još neku usput? Oprostila bi Biki zarad uspeha.

[alcesta]

Mislim da ne sme da rizikuje toliko, pa taman da bi golden slam osvojio. Pusti ti trofeje, treba čuvati glavu

[alcesta]

Igraće u Njuportu: http://www.atpworldt...s-To-Event.aspx

[McLeod]

Tek sad vidim sliku u ovom dresu tima cije ime ne zelim da pomenem Definitivno ide dole na mojoj listi, blizu Rodika cak. Makica je naravno nedodirljiv...