Milos Raonic channels his inner Steph Curry at Aussie Open

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(ESPN) MELBOURNE, Australia -- The topics at tennis postmatch news conferences can be wide ranging, interesting and surprising. Monday at the Australian Open was a good example. During Victoria Azarenka's conference, the Belarusian player talked extensively about her passion for the Denver Broncos and Carolina Panthers, and how the Super Bowl between the two will be a "dream matchup."

Then there was Milos Raonic, the Montenegro-born Canadian who talked about how he will be playing in the celebrity game during NBA All-Star Weekend in Toronto next month.

"I think meeting Steph Curry would be great, especially the stratosphere that he's been in the last 16 months with his game," Raonic said after beating Stan Wawrinka in five sets to advance to the Australian Open quarterfinals. "Also, he wasn't the biggest prospect growing up. He was a later draft pick. He went to a smaller school in Davidson. He wasn't picked up by the Duke-type schools and so forth. And I wasn't a great junior myself. I think there's a great perspective if I could learn a little bit about what it took for him to get himself to where he is right now."

Raonic is off to a great start this year -- he has won all of his eight matches, including the final in Brisbane against Roger Federer -- but hasn't had nearly the success Curry has enjoyed in the past year. While Raonic did rise as high as No. 4 in the rankings last May, he also suffered a foot injury that sidelined him from a number of tournaments, including the French Open. He eventually fell to No. 14. The injury often left him depressed, but it also helped because it gave him time to consider working on improving different aspects of his game. ................(more)

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[joeybee12]

1. He might be the real deal...

Men's tennis has been waiting a long time for a successor.