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
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.
Tennis Scores in New York
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (6-3 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (5-6 ret.) – Stats and score progression
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (1-6 6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Milos RaonicRaonic – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (4-6 7-62 7-5) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (8-3) – H2H details and stats
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Milos RaonicRaonic (0-1) – H2H details and stats