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Too bad about Roddick. His career is looking to be done pretty soon. A few too many injuries the last few seasons.
@melmac. Raonic is a Canadian (now, born in Montenegro) who has pretty much destroyed every ranking stat for a Canadian male tennis player. He's got a gigantic serve and a punishing forehand. Not a lot of experience as this is only his second real season on the tour, but he had a meteoric rise going from #156 in the world in January of 2011 to #25 by the end of May 2011.
He just won his second ATP tournament in Chennai last week, beating Hanescu, Sela, Almagro, and Tipsarevic on the way. Last year he had wins against Ferrer, Stepanek, Fish, Verdasco, Llodra, and Youzhny. Should be an interesting match. Hewitt is usually an entertaining match. The winner gets an ugly round 4 match with Djokovic.
I'm rooting for Raonic as Canada hasn't had anything to cheer about in men's singles since Rusedski left for the UK.
I just wish all the matches weren't played between 11:00pm and 5:00am here.
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