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Brain Game: Serve +1 Is Winning Formula For Raonic

Milos Raonic is not just a serve. Think of him much more along the lines of a “Serve +1”. Raonic defeated Dominic Thiem 7-6(5), 6-3 on Thursday evening at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, dominating the short points and fusing together his two biggest weapons into one lethal package. Serve +1 is a ruthless, doubling down strategy of purposefully following the serve with a forehand. Raonic’s primary pattern of play is to then typically match that combination up against a backhand return, and then a defensive backhand on the run. The percentage breakdown below between hitting a forehand or backhand immediately behind either a first or second serve clearly shows the efficiency of Raonic’s strategy. Raonic 1st Serves 85%...

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Murray, Wawrinka Square Off For Semi-Final Spot In London

Andy Murray meets Stan Wawrinka in Group John McEnroe at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, with both hoping to qualify for tomorrow's semi-finals. Just down the Thames from the security services' riverside headquarters, Murray is showing all the mental fortitude and resilience of an MI5 operative. In the last days of the tennis year, Murray's willpower isn't in doubt. Anyone who watched Murray's victory over Nishikori on Wednesday - all three hours and 20 minutes of it - can't possibly have any concerns about the Briton's mind. He can be excused a few sarcastic reactions to his errors as his mind never wandered off from what he needed to be doing. But what isn't clear is how Murray's body...

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