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Roshe Run Dames . - A well-known member of the Canadian Football League Hall of Fame will speak out against racism later this month in a southern Manitoba town thats trying to shed any image that its racist.BARCELONA, Spain - Milos Raonics first appearance at the Barcelona Open on Monday will mark the closest thing to a homecoming outside of Canada for one of the rising stars of mens tennis. The Thornhill, Ont., native credits his climb up the rankings to a pre-season move to the Catalan capital. A seven-week stint here was the lead-in to the Australian Open where the 20-year-old qualifier reached the last 16 in January. Since Jan. 1, Raonic has jumped 122 spots in the rankings to No. 34. "I think it was a big decision to make because it is hard to leave home, but it was the right decision," Raonic told The Associated Press from Barcelonas Royal Tennis Club during a recent training session. Raonics first senior ATP clay event at the Monte Carlo Masters started with victories over Michael Llodra and Ernests Gulbis before sixth-ranked David Ferrer used his experience to overwhelm Raonic 6-1, 6-3 on Thursday. Now Raonic is eyeing Mondays Barcelona opener with the 15th-seeded wild card facing savvy clay court player Radek Stepanek. "I was progressing, developing in the right way and the move to Spain helped kick it into the next gear," said Raonic, whose Royal Tennis Club training partners include Spanish top-30 players like Nicolas Almagro, Albert Montanes and Tommy Robredo. Raonic believes this has given him a competitive edge — and being based in Spain, a country riding a wave of tennis success, also helped. "The athletes are so looked after and so appreciated (here)," the six-foot-five Raonic said. "When I was No. 150 people here would come up to you and randomly say, I saw you play Rafa (Nadal) last year in Tokyo. I dont think Id get that kind of recognition back home. Thats also nice and motivating. Its nice to know youre being followed." Raonic, who was born in Montenegro before emigrating to Canada as a three-year-old, spends about three hours of a ordinary day on court and another three hours divided between fitness training and physiotherapy. The few remaining hours are spent in his university-style dormitory room in the suburb of Sant Cugat, where he watches movies or chats on Skype with his girllfriend, who is 6,400 kilometres away.dddddddddddd "He works so hard, like nothing Ive ever seen," said former player Galo Blanco, Raonics coach. "While Milos clay game was incognito, I dont see why he cant win games. Its evident its not his favoured surface but regardless of how he does during the clay court season ... he will come out a better player." Getting a grip on his emotions has been Raonics biggest challenge. A meeting with boyhood hero Pete Sampras in San Jose — where Raonics first ATP title was also the first for a Canadian player for 16 years — helped cement that message. Raonic says the 14-time Grand Slam champion told him: "Champions find a way to win even when theyre not playing their best." "Its not so much about changing my game but finding what I need to do. Its about changing a mental chip, knowing what to do in the situation," said Raonic, whose serve regularly hits 245 kilometres per hour. "I think I can play well on clay but I think I just need time. You cant do it with the snap of the fingers." Raonics first taste of clay saw him win all three of his Davis Cup matches in Mexico to put Canada into a World Group playoff against Ecuador in July. But Blanco says past results wont matter when Raonic comes up against the games best. "To beat Nadal is very difficult, practically impossible. But the rest of the players are in the same situation as him — better on hardcourt than clay so we just have to see how he improves," Blanco said. "I dont care about results anyway. The season is long and now hes (No. 34) in the world so things are already going at an incredible pace. He has to remember this is a marathon." Raonic, who will play in Estoril, Madrid and Rome before the French Open, is getting ready for star players like Nadal. "I respect what theyve done but I try not to look up to them too much because you put yourself in a mental state when it comes time to play them if you already have them on a pedestal," Raonic said. "The moment you step out on that court its 0-0 and you have to find a way to win." cheap jerseys wholesale jerseys ' ' '
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