Raonic stuns Murray in Barcelona quarters
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April 28, 2012, Saturday
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MILOS Raonic handed second seed Andy Murray a claycourt humiliation yesterday as the big-hitting Canadian hammered the Scot 6-4, 7-6 (3) to reach the semifinals of the Barcelona Open yesterday.
Raonic, ranked 25th, will be playing in his second career clay semifinal today against one of two Spanish seeds in No. 3 David Ferrer or No. 7 Feliciano Lopez.
Murray was to have been Raonic's opponent in Miami last month, but the Canadian had to withdraw injured before that showdown on hardcourt.
With the scene shifted to clay, the momentum went with the Canadian youngster as he took the biggest scalp of his fast-rising career in just under one and three-quarter hours at the Real Club de Tenis.
"It was important to play a few games on clay, I had some good tennis from time to time," said Murray. "It's most important to get ready for the upcoming Masters 1000s (Madrid from May 7 and Rome later)."
Murray, a Monte Carlo quarterfinalist who admitted that he's had a difficult time trying to make the change from hardcourt to clay, praised Raonic's big game. "Milos has always played well on hardcourt - now he's a threat on all surfaces."
Raonic, winner of two titles this season on indoor hardcourt, showed that he's getting comfortable on the dirt as he fired 14 aces in victory.
Meanwhile, German No. 1 Andrea Petkovic will miss both the French Open and Wimbledon after tearing ankle ligaments less than a week after making her comeback from a back injury.
The 24-year-old, ranked 12th in the world, badly twisted her right ankle during her second-round tie against world No. 1 Victoria Azarenka at the Porsche Grand Prix as she slid to reach a ball on Thursday which left her in obvious distress.
Scans in a Stuttgart hospital yesterday revealed she has torn two ligaments, and damaged a third, in her right ankle and may need an operation.
She will be out for around three months, having only returned last Sunday from a three-month break after suffering back problems. She also tore the ACL ligaments in her right knee in 2008.
It means she will definitely miss grand slam tournaments at Roland Garros, which starts in Paris on May 27, and Wimbledon, which begins on June 25.
Raonic, ranked 25th, will be playing in his second career clay semifinal today against one of two Spanish seeds in No. 3 David Ferrer or No. 7 Feliciano Lopez.
Murray was to have been Raonic's opponent in Miami last month, but the Canadian had to withdraw injured before that showdown on hardcourt.
With the scene shifted to clay, the momentum went with the Canadian youngster as he took the biggest scalp of his fast-rising career in just under one and three-quarter hours at the Real Club de Tenis.
"It was important to play a few games on clay, I had some good tennis from time to time," said Murray. "It's most important to get ready for the upcoming Masters 1000s (Madrid from May 7 and Rome later)."
Murray, a Monte Carlo quarterfinalist who admitted that he's had a difficult time trying to make the change from hardcourt to clay, praised Raonic's big game. "Milos has always played well on hardcourt - now he's a threat on all surfaces."
Raonic, winner of two titles this season on indoor hardcourt, showed that he's getting comfortable on the dirt as he fired 14 aces in victory.
Meanwhile, German No. 1 Andrea Petkovic will miss both the French Open and Wimbledon after tearing ankle ligaments less than a week after making her comeback from a back injury.
The 24-year-old, ranked 12th in the world, badly twisted her right ankle during her second-round tie against world No. 1 Victoria Azarenka at the Porsche Grand Prix as she slid to reach a ball on Thursday which left her in obvious distress.
Scans in a Stuttgart hospital yesterday revealed she has torn two ligaments, and damaged a third, in her right ankle and may need an operation.
She will be out for around three months, having only returned last Sunday from a three-month break after suffering back problems. She also tore the ACL ligaments in her right knee in 2008.
It means she will definitely miss grand slam tournaments at Roland Garros, which starts in Paris on May 27, and Wimbledon, which begins on June 25.
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