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Canada and Mexico split singles matches

After day one of the Davis Cup Americas Group 1 tiebreak between Canada and host nation Mexico, the two teams are tied 1-1. In the first singles match, Frank Dancevic appeared to be cruising to a straight set victory against Daniel Garza after winning the first two sets easily and breaking his opponent's serve to start the third. Garza immediately broke back and, after a heated dispute over a line call that went in the Mexican's favour, the match turned around for him completely. Galo Blanco, Milos Raonic's coach, got involved in the line controversy and was eventually asked to leave the stands. Despite the spirited support of the Canadian team Dancevic couldn't regain his form against Garza, who had stepped up his game after getting broken in the third set. Garza won 2-6. 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4.

Milos didn't seem to accumulate too much rust during his time off since Memphis. It was clear from the very beginning of the second singles match that Milos Raonic would be too much for Manual Sanchez to handle. Raonic broke Sanchez with devastating frequency throughout the match, while rarely being tested on his own serve. It was a nearly perfect performance by Milos, winning 6-2, 6-2, 6-1. Raonic had no problems closing out the match in convincing fashion, something his teammate Dancevic was unable to do in the first rubber.

Check out the Davis Cup results page here. Read more about the matches here.

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