jbg Posted July 12, 2016 Report Share Posted July 12, 2016 Many know of Milos Raonic who is a high profile men's player but he has yet to make it past the fourth round of of a major championship. He made it a bit further this time; to the finals. I was routing for him even though I am a non-Canadian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boges Posted July 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2016 He made it a bit further this time; to the finals. I was routing for him even though I am a non-Canadian. Uhh that was 2 and a half years ago. That year he made it to the Wimbledon semis. Let's hope it doesn't take another 2 years for him to take the next step. And let's pray he doesn't follow in the steps of Genie who's pretty lost right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 12, 2016 Report Share Posted July 12, 2016 It was nice to see Milos make the finals, but he's already 25 and time is quickly running out on his shot at a slam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boges Posted July 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2016 It was nice to see Milos make the finals, but he's already 25 and time is quickly running out on his shot at a slam. The people ahead of him are older. Murray and Djokovic are 29. Federer and Nadal are pretty much done. Out of his contemporaries, only Stan Wawrinka is "better" than him and only because he has a few majors under his belt. But Milos has beaten him. We'll see. It was a forgone conclusion that Genie would be a top player in 2014 and now she can't get past the 3rd round of a major. I think the coaching he's received from John McEnroe has been invaluable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boges Posted September 1, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2017 Well Bouchard is playing like Garbage and Milos is very injury prone. . . BUT!!!! It's the summer of Shapo! Denis Shapovalov is in the fourth round of the US Open. He beat Raphael Nadal at the Rogers Cup in Montreal earlier this month. Dude is only 18! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boges Posted September 5, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2019 So the last post in this thread was two years ago. Have we found another savour for Canadian Tennis. https://www.cbc.ca/sports/tennis/bianca-andreescu-us-open-quarter-finals-1.5270666 Quote  When the heat was on, Bianca Andreescu found a way to raise her tennis game at the U.S. Open on a sweltering Wednesday night in New York City. It was a hot and humid — stifling really — evening inside Arthur Ashe Stadium. Andreescu couldn't stop sweating. She wiped her face. She wiped down her arms and legs. She tried to stay focused. But the early going of her quarter-final match against Belgium's Elise Mertens was proving to be nearly impossible for Andreescu to make a shot. Down one set and frustrated throughout much of the night, the 19-year-old from Mississauga, Ont., seeded 15th, was nonetheless able to compose herself under the bright lights, battling back against the No. 25 seed Mertens to win a gruelling three-set match, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3. The match lasted two hours and one minute. Andreescu is now the second Canadian to ever advance to the U.S. Open semifinals — after Carling Bassett in 1984 — and the fourth woman in history to reach the semifinals in her Open debut. Andreescu will play the No. 13-ranked Swiss tennis player Belinda Bencic in Thursday night's semifinal.   Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boges Posted September 10, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2019 (edited) First ever Canadian to win a Tennis Singles Major. The undisputed Canadian Athlete of the Year. https://www.cbc.ca/sports/tennis/bianca-andreescu-whats-next-1.5276352 Edited September 10, 2019 by Boges Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpankyMcFarland Posted November 14, 2019 Report Share Posted November 14, 2019 Andreescu is a marvellous player with one of the best forehands ever in women’s tennis but she has already shown a worrying propensity for injuries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpankyMcFarland Posted July 5, 2023 Report Share Posted July 5, 2023 Over three years later the injury worries continue: https://www.tsn.ca/tennis/video/andreescu-will-play-through-pain-at-wimbledon-determined-to-improve-on-grass~2719263 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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