Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Milos Raonic

Milos Raonic

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page. 

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/9 September, 2016 by Brianboulton (talk) 20:15, 24 August 2016 (UTC)



Milos Raonic (born December 27, 1990) is a Canadian professional tennis player. He reached a career-high world No. 4 singles ranking on May 11, 2015, as ranked by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). His career highlights include a Grand Slam final at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships and two Grand Slam semifinals at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships and 2016 Australian Open. He was awarded the 2011 ATP Newcomer of the Year, and has been ranked continuously inside the top 20 since August 2012. Raonic is the first player born in the 1990s to win an ATP title, to be ranked in the top 10, and to qualify for the ATP World Tour Finals. He has eight ATP singles titles, all won on hard courts. Raonic is frequently described as having one of the best serves among his contemporaries. Statistically, Raonic is among the strongest servers in the Open Era, winning 91% of service games to rank third all-time. Aided by his serve, he plays an all-court style with an emphasis on short points. Raonic has more ATP titles and finals appearances in the Open Era than all other Canadian men combined.
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 * Promoted: July 16, 2016
 * Reasons for nomination: Interest in tennis peaks during the four major tournaments each year. September 9 is the scheduled date of the men's semifinals for the 2016 US Open tennis tournament. Raonic has played in two major semifinals in 2016 so far (of course, there is no guarantee he will play well at this tournament). Alternate dates could be September 11 (US Open finals) or September 6 or 7 (US Open quarterfinals).
 * Support as nominator. Saskoiler (talk) 19:00, 16 August 2016 (UTC)