Milos Raonic considered boycotting his Cincinnati Masters quarterfinal match
World No. 30 Milos Raonic admitted he got lucky after surviving a tough Cincinnati Masters quarterfinal clash against 32nd-ranked Filip Krajinovic.
Krajinovic, who was aiming to make his second Masters 1000 semifinal, led 6-4 5-3 before Raonic staged a comeback to win 4-6 7-6 (2) 7-5.
Raonic claimed his first break of the match in the 10th game of the second set, when Krajinovic was serving for the match.
The Canadian then dominated the tie-break to force a decider, in which he saved a match point in the 10th game before claiming the lone break of the set a game later.
"I got lucky, I kept plugging away, he was serving for it in the second and a match point in the third..had the fortune swing to my side and I’m happy the way I closed it out," Raonic said, per Michael Gallo.
Raonic after his QF win: “I got lucky, I kept plugging away, he was serving for it in the second and a match point in the third..had the fortune swing to my side and I’m happy the way I closed it out.”
— Michael Gallo (@Galloots) August 27, 2020
On Wednesday, all three NBA playoff games were postponed after the Milwaukee Bucks refused to go the court as their way of protesting against the police brutality and social injustice.
A Major League Baseball game was also postponed and all the WNBA games.
Raonic suggests boycotting could happen in tennis as well2016 Wimbledon runner-up Raonic considered not playing his Cincinnati quarterfinal clash but eventually decided to play.
The Canadian says in order to something to happen, the players have to come as a group and find a solution.
"It’s a conversation that we as all the players need to have, it’s not about just one player stepping up and saying I’m not going to play," Raonic acknowledged.
Speaking to @markhmasters post-match, Raonic said he considered not playing his match tonight. “It’s a conversation that we as all the players need to have, it’s not about just one player stepping up and saying I’m not going to play”.
— Michael Gallo (@Galloots) August 27, 2020
But former world No. 3 Raonic then added that any potential Cincinnati boycott won't have big signifance if the US Open starts as scheduled on Monday.
"Theres 4 players left here, it could be 4 players coming together, but at the end of the day it’s not about 4 if the US Open continues as per usual on Monday," Raonic noted.
Raonic on potentially having a boycott of @CincyTennis “Theres 4 players left here, it could be 4 players coming together, but at the end of the day it’s not about 4 if the US Open continues as per usual on Monday”
— Michael Gallo (@Galloots) August 27, 2020
Raonic thinks the right thing to do right know is to support the movement.
"A lot of us are from different parts of the world but we come here to the US to play every year. Probably close to a 1/3 of our tournaments might be here? A 1/3 of the big ones are here. We should do the right thing to support this inequality & unfair, unjust behavior," Raonic said, per Reem Abulleil.
Milos Raonic: A lot of us are from different parts of the world but we come here to the US to play every year. Probably close to a 1/3 of our tournaments might b here? A 1/3 of the big ones r here. We should do the right thing to support this inequality & unfair, unjust behavior.
— Reem Abulleil (@ReemAbulleil) August 27, 2020
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