PARIS — Milos Raonic went down in straight sets at the French Open on Sunday to the Spanish outsider Albert Ramos-Viñolas in the sort of cool, overcast and heavy conditions that attacking players have learned to rue on the red clay of Roland Garros.
Bring on the grass-court season, and the big-hitting Raonic, already a contender, will be much more of a conversation piece than usual.
Raonic, a Canadian, has hired John McEnroe as a coaching consultant, which means headlines and camera flashes galore before Raonic, ranked No. 9 in the world, so much as smacks one huge serve in anger at the All England Club in late June.