NEW YORK. Spirited Raonic survives Krajinovic in the quarter of the Western & Southern Open. HIGHLIGHTS

WESTERN & SOUTHERN OPEN - NEW YORK DRAW AND RESULTS. Raonic survives Krajinovic to come up against Stefanos Tsitsipas in the semifinal

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Luke Meyer
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Raonic

Milos Raonic outlasts Filip Krajinovic 4-6 7-62 7-5 in the quarter in New York on Wednesday after conquering a huge battle. Raonic will try to keep the momentum against Stefanos Tsitsipas in the semifinal.

Score, report, and key facts

There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Krajinovic snatched in the 3rd game (2-1) just before finally conquering the set (6-4).

Krajinovic was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 3rd game (1-1 30-40). On the other side, the Canadian was unerring in converting all his break points in the 2nd game (1-0 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).

They played 58 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Krajinovic won just 2 points more than Milos (30-28). Filip lost 10 points on serve (24-10). On the losing side, Raonic conceded 6 points on serve (18-6).

The Canadian won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, Raonic broke back in the 10th (5-5) game before bringing the set at the tiebreak that he won 7-2.

Milos missed the chance to break Krajinovic in the 2nd game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

Tiebreak

The Canadian won 5 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 3rd (2-1), 6th (5-1), 7th (6-1) and 9th (7-2) point. On the other side, the Serbian won 2 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0) and 8th (2-6) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 6-1, 6-2, 7-c

The Canadian converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 8th (3-4 30-40) and the 9th game (4-5 15-40). On the other side, Filip was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 3rd game (1-1 0-40).

They played 75 points. This was a hard-fought set and finally the Canadian won barely 1 point more than Filip (38-37). Raonic surrendered 14 points on serve (23-14). on the other side of the court, Krajinovic conceded 15 points on serve (23-15).

Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Raonic grabbed in the 11th game (6-5) prior to ultimately winning the set (7-5).

The Canadian was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 11th game (5-5 30-40). On the other side, Filip was unable to convert any of his 4 break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40).

They contested 77 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Milos won just 3 more points than Krajinovic (40-37). The Canadian lost 15 points on serve (31-15). On the other side, the Serbian conceded 9 points on serve (22-9).

The Canadian will add to his prize money $ 25,500 after winning this match. He has won already $ 124,000 as of now in this competition. If he wins the next match, Raonic will add $ 61,015 to his earnings to get in total $ 185,015.

Match Statistics

Raonic
Krajinovic
Milos Raonic
4-6 7-62 7-5
Filip Krajinovic
107
107
Total points
103
103
52
52
Winners
48
48
49%
49%
Ratio Winners
47%
47%
-- Serve --
24
24
Aces
5
5
4
4
Double Faults
2
2
61%
61%
1st in
64%
64%
80%
80%
1st won
73%
73%
52/65
52/65
1st won
48/66
48/66
50%
50%
2nd won
57%
57%
21/42
21/42
2nd won
21/37
21/37
-- Break Points --
2/9
2/9
Total
2/6
2/6
22%
22%
Won
33%
33%
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At the end of the match, Milos scored 107 points vs. Krajinovic’s 103.

The Canadian served pretty well to win 80% of the points (52/65) behind his first serve, and he won 50% points (21/42) on his second serve. Raonic blasted 24 aces and he committed 4 double faults. The Canadian won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points after he converted only 22% (2/9) of the procured opportunities. On the other side, Filip was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points (only 33% – 2/6). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this match, the head to head between Raonic and Krajinovic is 1-0 for Milos.

Highlights Milos Raonic vs. Filip Krajinovic Western & Southern Open – New York

Draw and next match H2H: Milos Raonic vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas – stats

Raonic will compete against Tsitsipas in the semifinal.

This will be the 2nd time that Milos Raonic and Stefanos Tsitsipas clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Raonic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Raonic won 7-5 6-4 7-62 in the 3rd round in Australian Open back in January 2020.

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