Another great match for Alexandr Dolgopolov that dismisses Milos Raonic in straight sets.
Even if there was a gap in rankings (Dolgo in no.13 while Milos is no.11) we saw that coming. The Ukrainian is playing one of the best tennis of his career during the last few weeks while Raonic is not biting anymore. So everything ended up with a 79 minutes win.
The nasty part for the Canadian is that he has conceded 9 break points to surrender the serve 3 times (too much for a big server). Match Stats
Dolgopolov: I was returning well
Alexandr commented I was quite fast today. I was really happy with that. And I was able to get more returns than usually you can against him. He serves really big and I knew I had to do that, and I’m quite pleased how I anticipated on his serve and have seen the toss of the ball and was really, really concentrated to get those serves back.””
Raonic: I wish I would served better
Milos wasn’t really happy by hi service game to comment “I thought I did a lot of things well, as well. I really was pushing myself, because I was hoping that if I forced myself to stay strong with an attitude that the game would come. I just wish I could have served better. But other than that, he did the right things at the right times right away from the start of the match. He was a factor of why I didn’t serve as well as I would have liked as well.”
The semi vs. Federer
Dolgo will play the semi-final against an inspired Federer. Head to head is 1-0 for Roger. This match is going to be fun!