Canada victorious in Doubles « Milos Raonic

5Mar/11Off

Canada victorious in Doubles

Canada just took a 2:1 lead in their Davis Cup group tiebreak against Mexico. Milos Raonic and Vasek Pospisil defeated Luis Dias-Barriga and Miguel-Angel Reyes Varela in a tight 4 set match, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4. The Mexican team came out firing in the first set, breaking Pospisil in his first service game of the match. That single break proved to be enough for Mexico to claim the first set.

Starting in the second, the Canadians started to find their range. Milos was solid on his serve (as usual) and was tough to beat at the net. Pospisil cleaned up his service games enough for team Canada to maintain control throughout the rest of the match. While the scoreline appears close, it was really Canada's match to lose when they started playing to their potential after the first set.

With the win, Canada has earned the chance to clinch their group match against Mexico in the first singles match on Sunday. Milos Raonic will play Daniel Garza starting at 12:00PM ET, which will be shown on Sportsnet One (or streamed at sportsnet.ca). If Raonic isn't able to get it done against Garza, Frank Dancevic will play Manuel Sanchez in the final rubber match of the tiebreak.

Canada has put themselves in a great position to win the tiebreak by winning the doubles match. It was a little touch and go at the start, but the guys settled down and got the job done. Garza will likely be playing with a lot of confidence coming off his spectacular comeback against Dancevic, but I fully expect Raonic to get the win. If Canada wins either of the two matches tomorrow, the team will advance to the 2nd Round of the Americas Group 1 to play Ecuador in July. Check out the Davis Cup draw here.

Here is the results page.

-multi