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No Milos Raonic as Canada's Davis Cup team takes on Belgium July 17 - 19
WIMBLEDON – As great a Wimbledon as Vasek Pospisil is having with his quarter-final match against Andy Murray coming up Wednesday, he's going to have to flip a switch and be basically a one-man show for his country in less than two weeks, on clay, if Canada's Davis Cup aspirations are to go one step further.
No. 1 Canadian Milos Raonic has bowed out of the World Group quarter-final tie against Belgium in Middelkerke July 17-19. The physical struggles the 24-year-old experienced upon his return from foot surgery in mid-May, issues that clearly affected his WImbledon campaign, remain a concern.
Here's the official press-release quote from Raonic, who will participate in a conference call Thursday.
“I’m devastated not to be participating in this tie against Belgium. Due to my recurring injury, I am not able to play tennis for the next few weeks. My goal right now is to get healthy as fast as possible and get back to playing tennis as soon as I can. I have been with this team awhile and we have come a long way together. I know that they can win this tie and get us back into the semifinals.”
Asked about his Davis Cup prospects after his loss to Nick Kyrgios in the third round of the singles here, Raonic said he didn't anticipate a problem.
"I have no reason to believe anything is at risk because of that. Right now I just gotta sort of see where I'm at, go have a checkup, make sure things are on the right process, which I was supposed to do after four weeks which I wasn't able to do because I came here. That's a little bit delayed," he said. "So just sort of have that checkup and take it from there."
This was just hours after the defeat, not nearly enough time to assess the myriad issues resulting from the fragile foot. Raonic said compensating for the foot was leading to a host of other physical issues – including the shoulder, because he was trying to serve even harder to make up for his other concerns.
So the Canadian team will be Pospisil, doubles stalwart Daniel Nestor, Frank Dancevic and, in his first official nomination, 21-year-old Filip Peliwo.
The fourth member in these sorts of situations the last few years has usually been Peter Polansky. But Polansky hasn't played since last September because of a wrist injury.
As it was in Israel in 2011, the tie – extremely winnable with Raonic in the lineup – is now a major challenge, and will come down to another bravura performance from Pospisil.
Dancevic, for a long time a sturdy backup in these situations, is having a challenging year. He lost in the first round of qualifying at all four Grand Slam this season and his ranking next Monday, given he reached the second draw of the singles here a year ago, will tumble some 60 spots and sit at around No. 275. The 30-year-old is currently playing a $50,000 Challenger tournament in Winnetka, Illinois after making it into the main draw as an alternate.
Here's the press-release quote from Canadian captain Martin Laurendeau.
"We have a tall task in front of us as it’s always going to be difficult without your top player. e are disappointed that Milos isn’t able to play but even more so I know that Milos is extremely disappointed that he’s not ready. That being said, this group still knows what it takes to win as a team and has been playing very well this season. We are hungry to win and get back to the semifinals and we believe we can do it.
"The Belgians are strong and they are creating conditions that will suit their players, but we have been in this position before. We know what kind of work we need to put in to be ready and that’s what we will be doing from the minute we arrive in Belgium next week.”
The tie will be played on clay; the Belgian squad will be David Goffin (No. 15), Steve Darcis (No. 80), No. 95 Ruben Bemelmans (a lefty) and Kimmer Coppejans, newly into the top 100 and the player who defeated the young Canadian Peliwo in the French Open junior final in 2012.
It's a quick turnaround from all the grass-court tennis Pospisil has played the last 10 days, to say the least.
