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Raonic on recovering his form after so many injuries last season:
Yeah, I do. I didn’t play much tennis last year, so I think for me the toughest part in this offseason was I knew I did six good weeks of training and I knew it would sort of come together.
I was hoping I would play well in the first week of the year, but that didn’t happen. I knew I had to be sort of patient for it to come together.
Here is Raonic last week on what he does well when he has been able to trouble Djokovic:
I get myself in a lot of, at least putting in a lot of returns. He sort of feels like he has to work on those games.
You know, I have gotta serve well. I don’t know if it was the last time we played, but Cincinnati I had more of my opportunities than most times. I think I was up a break in each set. So I have got to be sharp in those moments if I can create them and if they arise.
