jsinger121 said:
Federer up 2 sets to love. I think Raonic stinks and lucked into this semi final appearance. He is all serve with zero return game.
I think this severely underrates Raonic's ground strokes. Watching him against Kyrgios (who, it should be said,
took apart Rafael Nadal), Raonic had some great precision and timing with running him around the court, can really step into a forehand if you give him time to line it up, and won something huge like 40% of his return points. He is definitely not "only serve" any more than Dimitrov is "only backspin shots and net play".
Federer outplayed him, but that says more about how well Federer's game has aged than it does about Raonic having big weaknesses in his game.
Needless to say, I hope ol' Rog can pull it out on Sunday, a deserving capstone to his career and a little more distance between him and Nadal's majors count (currently 17 to Rafa's 14).