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It will be Milos Raonic vs. Andy Murray in the Queen's Club final Sunday as both are in form heading to Wimbledon
In his first and only grass-court tune-up for Wimbledon, Canadian Milos Raonic has reached the final day.
The 25-year-old defeated Australia’s Bernard Tomic 6-4, 6-4 in the semi-finals of the Queen’s Club tournament in London Saturday and will meet No. 1 seed and home-country favourite Andy Murray in Sunday’s final.
The effort seemed challenging – at best – when the singles draw came out and Raonic found himself up against recent nemesis Nick Kyrgios in the first round.
Over two days, Raonic prevailed in three sets over the 21-year-old Aussie who had beaten him the last three times they met. He has looked increasingly on form ever since.
The win over Tomic Saturday came down to a break in each set – on the fourth chance at 4-4 in the first, and then on the gift of a Tomic double fault at 2-2 in the second set.
He did a significantly better job on his own second serve than Tomic did with his and once again – although the official statistics coming out of the tournament stretch credulity more than a little – kept his unforced errors in the single digits while piling up the winners (30 in this match).
The week has featured a different look from Raonic, who has gone old-school and back-to-basics in blinding Wimbledon white, a shorter haircut and a relative absence of hair product.
He also has been smiling a jarring amount on court, a far cry from a Raonic demeanour in recent years that has ranged from stoic to annoyed.
Whether that’s a new wrinkle brought in by consultant John McEnroe, a man who won’t be remembered for that during his career and whose smile generally looks more like a wince, may remain between them although Raonic said earlier in the week that McEnroe advised him to make his presence felt a little more.
“Sometimes I can sort of be too calm. Just sometimes to let the guy know who is on the other side of the net that I'm there, I'm ready to play, sort of that can wear on a guy throughout a long match if it's close,” he said.
As the two are getting to know each other and that McEnroe is getting to see him in actual match situations, Raonic said earlier in the week that the nature of the American’s advice has evolved.
“Now he can sort of say to me in this point scenario. It's not just about what I should do. He can actually pinpoint specific points,” Raonic told the media at Queen’s Club. “Even if it's not a specific shot, he can say, ‘You know what? Maybe at 15-30, you're ahead, go for a little more. Even if you miss, the other guy's not going to have rhythm, he's not going to feel good about it. And who knows? If it goes in, you can get ahead and all of a sudden you have two chances ahead of you.’ “
They have discussed positioning on the volleys, which angles to cover and how to react when Raonic seems to that his opponent is off-balance. They’ve gone over the recognition of when to move forward or be aggressive earlier in points. They have also worked on his moneymaker, his serve, to vary the spin a little more – not just the location – to keep his opponent’s guessing.
It should be noted that as much as everyone tends to hop on the “super coach makes an immediate difference” bandwagon, Raonic was actually many of those things early in the season when he won in Brisbane and reached the semi-final at the Australian Open. As well, it shouldn't be a total shock that the 2014 Wimbledon semi-finalist is in the final, especially as he ended up on the same side of the draw as No. 2 seed Stan Wawrinka, whose grass-court game hasn't yet measured up to his efforts on the other surfaces.
Raonic was on course in Melbourne for an excellent shot at reaching the final before his adductor injury kicked in, and he lost in five sets to Murray.
Murray has brought back the original “super coach”, McEnroe’s long-time bitter rival Ivan Lendl, into the fold during this grass-court season. That undoubtedly adds a little more intrigue to the final even though neither will strike a single ball.
McEnroe and Lendl reached the semi-finals at Queen’s Club back in 1990, which was about six months before Raonic was born.
Murray’s career head-to-head against Raonic is 5-3, but Murray has won the last four, including that Australian Open semi-final. He defeated Raonic 6-2, 6-0 in Monte Carlo in April, part of a very successful clay-court swing for the Brit.
It will be the first meeting between the two on grass.
“But then it’s a different surface. Clay allows me to do different things against him, and grass obviously has way less rallies. The serve is the biggest strength in his game, so if I get any chances, it’s important to take them when they come, because there’s not going to be too many,” Murray told the media at Queen’s Club after his own three-set victory over No. 5 seed Marin Cilic of Croatia.
