Rising Canadian tennis star Milos Raonic shows no signs of slowing down.
Milos Raonic beat No. 2 seed Fernando Verdasco 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (5) on Wednesday night in the first round of the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships, his second victory over Verdasco in four days.
Caroline Wozniacki moved to within two wins of regaining the world No. 1 spot from Kim Clijsters - but only reached the last 16 of the Dubai Open after her opponent, Anna Chakvetadze, suddenly and dramatically fainted.
Milos Raonic probably is a little fuzzy about what day it is, and what continent he’s on.
Caroline Wozniacki's rivalry with Kim Clijsters will see the young Dane take back the world No. 1 ranking from the U.S. Open champion if she can manage a good run at the Dubai Open starting on Monday. Wozniacki lost an exciting three-set final to Clijsters at the year-end WTA Championships in Doha, and then had to relinquish the top spot to Clijsters when the Belgian reached the semifinals of the Paris Open Friday. But Wozniacki's consistency and Clijsters' decision to take a break from competition next week has brought the possibility of the top ranking changing hands again next week. Eight of the world's top 10 and 14 of its top 20 are taking part in Dubai in a US$2-million event that is reputed also to pay generous appearance fees to some leading players. Wozniacki lost in the second round last year to Shahar Peer, the Israeli who spent much of the tournament isolated under heavy guard after becoming the first female Israeli athlete ever to compete in the United Arab Emirates.
For the first time since 1995, there is a Canadian singles champion on the ATP Tour. His name is Milos Raonic.
French Open finalist Robin Soderling retained his ATP Rotterdam title with a 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 defeat of France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga here on Sunday.
Canada’s Milos Raonic received a free pass to his first ATP World Tour final after his semifinal opponent at the SAP Open was forced to withdraw due to injury.
Canada’s Milos Raonic received a free pass to his first ATP World Tour final after his semifinal opponent at the SAP Open was forced to withdraw due to injury.