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Murray too much for Raonic to beat
Tuesday, 4 September 2012 - 12:38pm
“It was a tough match, he was just too good,” said Raonic. “I was never comfortable and he played extremely well.
“This was a big loss,” he added. “I really gave everything out there and I’ve never felt such a defeat.”
Murray—still seeking his first Grand Slam title—reached the quarter-finals at an eighth-consecutive major tournament by beating the 15th-seeded Raonic.
Raonic was trying to become the first Canadian man in a Grand Slam quarter-final in the Open era, which began in 1968.
Canadian women remain the only players to have gone to the last eight in a Grand Slam, most recently through Patricia Hy-Boulais at the 1992 U.S. Open.
Raonic reached this stage at a major for the second time after getting to the last 16 from a qualifying start at the Australian Open last year.
“This was my eighth Grand Slam and I’m pretty new to this,” he noted. “I’ve only played here twice.
“Sometimes I get frustrated with myself.”
Raonic is the third Canadian to reach the round of 16 at a Grand Slam in the Open era, after Montreal’s Martin Laurendeau at the 1988 U.S. Open and Toronto’s Daniel Nestor at Wimbledon in 1999.
He stands 1-7 against top five opponents, with his only win coming against Murray on clay in Barcelona last spring.
“I need to improve a lot of things in my game if I’m going to compete with guys at the top level,” admitted Raonic.
“But I also want to learn as much as I can,” he stressed. “Every experience at this level is a new one.
“I have to deal with them the best I can.”
Despite his disappointment, Raonic will rise to an ATP ranking of around 14th next Monday.
Raonic never got a break point on the Murray serve and managed only 14 aces—about half his average at the event in the first three rounds.
He converted on just three-of-11 break points and lost his own serve four times in a disappointing evening.
“I felt like I was doing it well most of the time, except maybe a few shots I didn’t go for as much in the beginning just because I didn’t know how to really read it,” said Raonic.
THE CANADIAN PRESS
NEW YORK—Milos Raonic’s best just wasn’t good enough against Olympic champion Andy Murray.
The native of Thornhill, Ont. lost 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 to Murray yesterday in the fourth round of the U.S. Open.
“This was a big loss,” he added. “I really gave everything out there and I’ve never felt such a defeat.”
Murray—still seeking his first Grand Slam title—reached the quarter-finals at an eighth-consecutive major tournament by beating the 15th-seeded Raonic.
Raonic was trying to become the first Canadian man in a Grand Slam quarter-final in the Open era, which began in 1968.
Canadian women remain the only players to have gone to the last eight in a Grand Slam, most recently through Patricia Hy-Boulais at the 1992 U.S. Open.
Raonic reached this stage at a major for the second time after getting to the last 16 from a qualifying start at the Australian Open last year.
“This was my eighth Grand Slam and I’m pretty new to this,” he noted. “I’ve only played here twice.
“Sometimes I get frustrated with myself.”
Raonic is the third Canadian to reach the round of 16 at a Grand Slam in the Open era, after Montreal’s Martin Laurendeau at the 1988 U.S. Open and Toronto’s Daniel Nestor at Wimbledon in 1999.
He stands 1-7 against top five opponents, with his only win coming against Murray on clay in Barcelona last spring.
“I need to improve a lot of things in my game if I’m going to compete with guys at the top level,” admitted Raonic.
“But I also want to learn as much as I can,” he stressed. “Every experience at this level is a new one.
“I have to deal with them the best I can.”
Despite his disappointment, Raonic will rise to an ATP ranking of around 14th next Monday.
Raonic never got a break point on the Murray serve and managed only 14 aces—about half his average at the event in the first three rounds.
He converted on just three-of-11 break points and lost his own serve four times in a disappointing evening.
“I felt like I was doing it well most of the time, except maybe a few shots I didn’t go for as much in the beginning just because I didn’t know how to really read it,” said Raonic.
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