Day 10 of the
Australian Open sees Rafael Nadal take on 3rd seed Milos Raonic in
blockbuster Quarter Final at Rod Laver Arena where the winner take on
Grigor Dimitrov on Friday. Earlier today,Dimitrov defeated 11th
seed David Goffin of Belgium in straight sets to reach his first Australian
Open Semi final. Here is the preview of Rafael Nadal and Milos Raonic Quarter Final .
Rafael Nadal came into the tournament as ninth seed and had
the tough road where he faced young sensation Alexander
Zverev of Germany in the third round with Nadal eventually defeated Zverev in a
5 set thriller in a classic that lasted almost four hours. Nadal then overcame
a late rally from Gael Monfils that set up a Quarter final showdown with
Raonic.
Raonic on the other hand had to overcome the likes of Dustin
Brown and Gilles Muller in the opening round in straight sets and then lost a
set against Giles Simon in the third set and overcame a tough start to beat Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut in fourth round
.
Milos Raonic and Rafael Nadal will take up the court where
both the player know a single margin for
error might end their dreams of lifting the Australian Open. Both Raonic and
Nadal faced each other in Brisbane International earlier this month where
Raonic overcame Nadal in tough three sets. So we expect another epic showdown
between two players. Nadal will have to deal not only with the powerful serves
of Raonic but also with aggressive baseline play of Raonic who has a powerful
Forehand. Rafael Nadal will have edge over Raonic in long rallies. He need to
be aggressive right from the start and try to neutralize Raonic serve and also
exploit his weakness while movement in long rallies and his weak backhand.
Predictions-Tough to call .But I think Rafael Nadal will
overcome Raonic in five sets just like Zverev Match he will come back from two
sets to one down to beat Raonic
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