A star is born! The ATP needed this...some new blood.

I believe Nishikori also won his first title at Delray Beach at the age of 18, but then until now we are still waiting for his second title to come. I understand he suffered some injury problems, his elbow I think. So let's not go ahead of ourselves. Congrats to Raonic for his first title tough. Well done! Still plenty of rooms for improvements. Let's see if he can match Delpo or Cilic when they are at the same age as Raonic.

In fact Rafa, Nole, Murray, Berdych, Delpo and even Cilic, were all ahead of this current batch of youngsters headed by Dolgo. Let's see whether this latest batch can outdo Rafa's batch of players, though I know it would be difficult for anyone to overtake Rafa in terms of achievements.

Guess who Verdasco will be playing in the 1st round at Memphis? These two are going together to the Octagon again so it will be a big test for Milos to give poster boy V another cavity search, but this time, he won't be able to sit for a while.

Interesting first round match. I think Verdasco will lose again, such a head case, choking away four set points in the tie break! Sometimes I wonder who is the more experienced player out there!

I believe Nishikori also won his first title at Delray Beach at the age of 18, but then until now we are still waiting for his second title to come

Kei never could serve at 150 mph!

There are others serving like that too, still not many can win slams. Raonic may or may not be a star, it depends on how he improves his game, esp his backhand. Furthermore, nobody knows whether Raonic is injury prone or not, as he has just started the weekly grind of the atp tour. See what happened to Delpo? Big serve and big forehand and he gets wrist problem.

I wish Raonic well, he seems a pleasant boy, and Rafa speaks highly of him too, after playing against him in Tokyo. It will be interesting to see among this batch of youngsters, who will rise to the top. I see Raonic, Dolgo and Tomic having good potential. I don't know about Dimitrov, he has a SHBH and people start to compare him with earlier days Fed. A long way to go for Dimitrov, Fed and Rafa are two special players, may be once in a life time kind of players. I doubt Dimitrov can live up to expectations. People are starting to compare these youngsters to those established players or even legends. Dimitrov = Fed; Raonic = Sampras; Tomic = Murray; who is Dolgo comparable with? I see Berankis plays like Nole, the way he strikes the ball. And where is the next Rafa??

kei made his injury comeback last year (was out for a while with elbow injury) and is meant to be coached by brad gilbert this year. i hope he can get his form back and improve. i've watched him live a number of times, he's got some very nice shot making and i like his game. he was actually sick this year at AO (so was simon) and was not fully fit during his 3rd match with nando so things not going his way but i would really like to see him make headway in the ranking this year because i do think he is quite talented. seems like a really nice person too which always helps.